The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-10
WORLD ON EXHIBITION IN ST.
PAUL.
IS A COMPOUND MASTODON.
FIRST OF THE TEN ORDERED BY
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILWAY
FOR IT'S MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
More Earnings for the Year Re-
pOrted-ISSose Lumber Rates
Causing Trouble.

The largest freight engine in the
world rolled into the yards in the rear
OF the Northern Pacific general Office
building yesterday and was held for
two or three hours. while the elated
officials of that road examined the
ponderOus machine. The locomotive
attracted a great amount of attention
while it was in the yards and it was
looked upon as the greatest curiosity
which ever came to St. Paul in the
way Of rolling stock. The engine was
but one of ten new compound mas
tOdonS' which the Northern Pacific
has ordered for use on the Rocky
Mountain divisions Of the road. During
the afternoon the immense engine was
inspected by President Winter. General
Manager Kendrick, General Superin-
tendent Kimberly and other officials
OF the road. The people who visited
Ihe worlds fair and examined the i'm
mense engines on exhibition in the
transportation building can gain a good
idea of the size Of the new Northern
Pacific wonder by adding a few feet
and a few dozen inches, and a few
thousand pounds onto anything they
saw at Chicago. The new engines Of
the Northern Pacific were made by the
Schenectady works of New York state
Coming down to dimensions, the en-
gines knock all presidents into smith
Greens. In the first place, the colossal
machine stands fourteen feet ten inches
Ii its stocking feet, that it from it's
wheel base to the top of it's smokestack
The latter is of necessity rather short
affair in order to allow of the passage
Of the engine through the mountain
tunnels. 1t is the boiler of the engine
which creates such a sensation. One
can gain some idea of its immense size
by seeing the engine ranged up along
side of an ordinary freight car. The
top Of the boiler rises perhaps eigh-
teen inches above the top of the car.
while the smoke stack, sand boxes
and steam dome lift their heads still
further.
Beside the monster, a standard pas
senger engine looks like a pigmy. The
dimensions of the new engine have
never been equaled by any engine
ever built in the world, the nearest
approach to 1t being a locomotive in
use on the mountain division of the
Southern railroad. The out and out"
length Of the engine, or the measure
AACHl II VII ZIP 70 Up Is SlXJy-CWO Feet
and one inch. The weight of engine
and tender ready for use is over los
tons.
The strength and capacity of an en-
CINE is judged by it's weight on the
driving wheels. The heavier the weight,
the greater the power Of the Iocomo-
tive. The new Northern Pacific Won
ders have q total weight on drivers of
Jas. 900 pounds. The nearest approach
to this is the engine of the Southern
Railway, which has a weight on drivers
of $4,000 pounds, or 10000 pounds less.
The new engine has four pairs Of
driving wheels and a boyle truck of
four wheels, twelve wheels in all.
The new Northern Pacific engines are
intended for service where strength is
the prime requisite and speed of but
little consequence. The mountain
grades on the Northern Pacific will be
ca silly climbed by the use of the new
mastodons, and it is expected a rate
of speed ranging from eighteen to
twenty miles an hour can be main
tanned There are 4,482 feet Of tubing
in the boilers, nearly four-ffths Of g.
mile The Brainerd shops will be util-
lied in placing the new engines in COM
mission as fast as they arrive.