Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-15

Philadelphia trains of this railroad iau
to be ferried across the charnei w
boats, a process that was at olioe slo"
and expensive. In 1890 the railway un
dertook to drive a tunnel str"ls"t
through the heart of the city, LOT the
most part under Howard street, one oL
the principal thoroughfares. TINS tuh-
mel is about mile and half long, anu
is one of the longest soft-earth tunnels
ever driven, says the New York sun
The tunnel completed, the company de-
termined not only to light 1t with elec-
trlcity but to run it's trains throush ~
by this power as well, ana thus aVolu
all smoke and gases. To TINS emu an
electric company built the big locoho-
tive shown in the picture, IL Is not
merely the greatest electric motor ever
constructed, but one Of the most pow
erful locomotives, steam or electrlc, III
existence. It's weight is SO tons, ana lts
extreme length over all 30 feet IL
stands IA feet high, and its four electric
motors yield LAO horse power IL
stands on two trucks, and has elgnt
driving wheels. The drawbar pull Is
equivalent to 2S TONS and the starving
drawbar pull is $4,000 pounds, or 81
tons. Translated into terms that VIII
convey some meaning to the general
reader these figures mean that TINS 10
connective can drag a train of 200 TO ZoO
empty cars on a fiat track with perIect
ease. The engine is built to MAINTAIN
a speed of about 40 miles an hour for
passenger trains, and about Is miles an
hour for freight trains. The engine was
ht1i1t OF he WORKS
Schenectady, and was put up and tested
there before it was taken to Baltimore
In order to remove it to the scene or us
operation it was necessary to take IL
apart and ship 1t in sections, NO ROAD
would give it haulage as 1t stood, be-
cause it's Sc tons Of weight are thrown
directly upon it's eight driving wheels
which are built close together, whereas
the weight of the ordinary mogul Is
distributed over ten or twelve drivers
and a number of smaller wheels, CIV
ing twice the base length. Set up again
in Baltimore the first tests of the en-
CINE began last Tuesday. One Of the
tests which afforded an idea of the ma
chimes tremendous strength was when
1t engaged in a tug of war with two
steam locomotives. One day two OF the
heaviest yard locomotives were hitched
Iip together and coupled to the electri-
cal engine. The engineers in charge of
the steam locomotives threw open the
throttles and went flying away down
the yard, dragging their opponent be-
hind them. When they had attained
full speed and We're under full head of
sAeam, the engineer in charge Of the
nIo throw
his current. Gradually the trio began
to slow down. The wheels of the steam
locomotives began to slip round in dizzy
fashion Plainly a stronger power was
pulling them in the other direction. AT
length the three locomotives came to a
dead stop and then began to move
slowly in the opposite direction. All
the steam that could be applied to the
steam engines was put on, but to no
avail. The engineer in charge of the
current on the electric engine increased
the power, and soon he was dragging
the steam locomotives backward up the
yard. His engine had proved itself more
than equal to the two moved by steam.
Prodigious as is the power Of the cleo
trio engine, the smoothness with which
it operates and the perfect adjustment
Of it's parts are hardly less wonderful.
So exquisitely adjusted is this ire
mendous machine that it's motive gear
answers almost to the touch of the
finger. 1t moves almost without a jolt
or a jar. When you step aboard it's
cab and the current IS turned on it
moves off with the ease and with some
thing of the sensation that you feel as
you step aboard one of the swiftly NOV
ing elevators of a tall office building
and without a jar are drawn up to the
fifteenth or twentieth story. When this
engine couples to a train it does so
without perceptible bump and indeed
the engineer in charge tells you that
If you would place your head between
the bumpers he could push up to it and
hold 1t there fast without crushing 1t.
He even offered to try.
Next to the ease and perfect adjust
ment of the engine is its simplicity. 1t
is as little complicated as the gearing
Of trolley car. A bright boy of ten
can learn to manipulate its driving ma