The Anaconda standard., 1896-02-03
FINEST IN THE LAND
A New B., A. & P. Engine That Ap-
prOacheS Perfection.
SHE WAS MADE TO ORDER
And Started Out on Her First Trip
Yesterday-No. 81 Is Good
as New-Two RefrIg-
orator Cars.

The finest and best all around rail-
road engine in the United States was
put In service yesterday in the B., A.
& p. yard. The initial trip was made to
and from East Anaconda, and the lat
est arrival behaved grandly. This en-
gine comes from the Brooks Locomo-
tive works in New York and she was
constructed after plans and specifica-
tions furnished for the B., A. G. p. rail-
road by Master Mechanic A. Harrity.
Among the improvements noted on
this engine are a steel cab, which gives
the engineer and fireman more space
than any other cab that has been built
The windows are so arranged that al
most the entire side can be opened or
as small space as is desired. There
is a ventilator in the roof. This cab is
warm In winter and cool in summer
There is also a steel running board
along the side of the engine.
The boiler is OF the latest design wag-
on topped. The sand boxes are
equipped with Leech's pneumatic sand
ing device which regulates to a grain
the stream of sand which is sent upon
the track at the will of the engineer.
The lining of the boiler which in former
times was wood, is made of asbestos. a
fibrous sectional tagging. which engi-
neers can appreciate better than any
one else.
The latest improved Westinghouse
air pump and brake, with an equaliz-
ing discharge valve, and feed valve at
tachments is another essential and
special feature
The guides, guide yokes, cross heads
and cylinders are special designs fur
ntshed by the B., A. & p. The tires of
the six drivers, for this is a mogul en-
gine, and the tires of the trucks are
made of l Krupp crucible steel.
The old style drop bar on the COW
catcher for making couplings, has been
discarded. The COW catcher is made less
pointed and a bumper is attached 80
tihat the brakeman may stand on the
foDtboard and make coupling without
danger to his life or his fingers. The
s;eps are broad and low and specially
designed to give employees a sure foot
ing.
The finishing is done in the regula-
ton style and color which is made the
standard of the b., A. & p. road. This
engine is triumph of mechanical skill
and is indeed "a thing of beauty. 1t is
the finest engine that railroad men of
years experience could plan. or money
could procure
She is specially adapted to the heavy
work which is required on the B., A.
d p, and can also be used for passen-
SCI IL HtCeSsdTy OF ueSlTeu.
She will be bulletined as No. a. and
happy will be the engineer who takes
his seat as her master
Engine No. 81 has just been turned
out of the b., A. & p. round house.
having undergone a thorough over
hauling and repairing. She is bright
and glossy, resplendent in her finish |
ings and Engineer Johnson is as hap |
py as clam in high water, while he |
the throttle.
Two handsomely finished Wickes
improved refrigerator cars for the use
of the Centennial Brewing company
and of the Montana Dressed Meat
company have been received by the B.,
a. e. p. road. These cars are bright or
anGe in color and are lettered in black.
They are pronounced perfection in
their interior equipment, not only for
perfect air circulation but also for
They will be used by those
wholesale houses to supply their trade
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