Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
A TRAMP LOCOMOTIvE.
The Richmond Works Send Ont nm
Engine Which Makes a Record.

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The Manufacturers Record says:
With the experience secured In building
the triple-expansion engines for The
United States armored battleship Texas,
in the expansion Of steam, the Richmond
I.ocomotive-W Works n year or two ago
designed a compound or double-eXpanslon
locomotive. and so successful mas IL
proved that IL stands ready TO guarantee
- per cent. saving in fuel, which means
from 200 TO 800 tons Of coal per engine
Der annum These engines are running
on the Chesapeake and Ohio, the South
ern. the Cleveland. Cincinnati. chicago
and 81. Louis, the Missouri, Kansas ana
Texas. the East Tennessee, Virginia ana
Georgia. the Chicago and Grand Trunk
and the Pennsylvania is building under
special agreement an engine after inns
design.
Inasmuch as there is a good deal OF
prejudice against the compound theory.
the Richmond people conceived the idea
Of building an exhibition or tramp" loco
motive and sending 1t out on mission
airy tour. and after continuous service
Of twelve months It has entered the Ma
chinery Hall of the Atlanta Exposition
covered with blue ribbons in the shape OF
sweeping endorsement of its economy,
simplicity, and durability. Its Vicissi-
tudes have been without single failure
II has done better on some roads than on
others, but upon all ii has exceeded eX-
pectations and gained friends in every
case During its experimental journey
the locomotive was operated on the
Chesapeake and Ohio, Southern, Cleve-
land. Cincinnati, Chicago and ST. Louis
Pennsylvania, Chicago, Rock and Paclhc'
Chicago Milwaukee and ST. Paul, chi
cago and Grand Trunk, Chicago and
Northwestern. Atchison. Topeka and santa
Pc. and the Illinois Central ROADS. the
latter delivering IT to the Nashville, Chat-
tonooga and ST. Louis Company, which
delivered It to the Southern at Chatta-
nooga. the latter sending 1t into the
ExposiiiOn-Grounds
The whole extensive run was made on
its own wheels, each railroad furnishing
It's engineer and fireman, hauling any ana
all trains. on any schedule. without a
breakdown or necessity for anything
more than the simplest round-house re-
pairs. and the special compound feature
recurring no repairs at all. 1t 10 claimed
that no locomotive has ever made such
a record IN service-test before The Rich
the railroad people: they simply asked
the opportunity of showing what the en-
CINE could do. and the satisfactory results
show the high standard Of the mechanism.
The Manufacturers Record has inciden-
tally referred TO the work Of this com
pound locomotive In previous ISSUES, when
il made remarkably fast time and hauled
an unusually heavy load. On the Chicago
and Northwestern system the locomotive
hauled n train of nine passenger ana
baggage-cars from Chicago TO Lake Ge-
neva-seventy-hve miles-in 123 minutes,
including a number of stops. Many single
miles We're covered In iifty-tive seconds.
The Record also prints n table, giving
a comparison between the Richmond COM
pound and Rock Island simple locomo-
tive. which shows that the former COW
erer 2l52 cotton miles. using 40 pounds
Of fuel per mile, in hours and 20 min
utes while the other locomotive used
five pounds of fuel more per mile to cover
forty-eight miles less. and required six
teen more minutes TO do ii.