The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-02
'WH1MS OF ENGINES.
AN ENoiNGEA's NARRATIVE SHOWING
THEIR PEcULiARlTIEs ~--.

They Very Often Fail Isso Queer sulky an,
Balky spelis-Ths Aaties Of Some Fa
mons MscAinss-0ld 400" Killed III
Engineer In Fit Of Rage.
1T sounds queer to say that locomo.
tives have their likes and dislikes.
said veteran engineer, but 1t actual.
ly does seem sometimes as II they
had. and all old-time engineers believe
It. I've seen locomotives when they
acted as II they were human beings
They get the sulks and have balky
streaks, and when they're In such
moods you can't make time with them,
do what you may. Then, again, they'll
be as clipper and willing as trotting
horse, and you actually have to hold
'em in place to keep EN- from running
into stopping-p ahead of time.
There isn't an engineer Of any expert
ence at all who can't tell you Of In
stances by the dozen Of engines that
positively would not make time with
some engineers, but which would get
there every time In charge Of some
other engineer. You might say that 1t
was the fault Of the engineer that such
engines did not make their time, but
I have known as good engineers as
ever mounted footboard who have
been transferred from locomotives
placed in their hands to run because
the locomotives would not make their
time, but which, under the hands of
another engineer, neither as skilful nor
as experienced, would never run be-
hind.
Take the case of Josh Martin and
Cad Lyman, two Of the early engineers
on the Erie Railroad. and neither Of
them with superior in his craft at
that day. One time new locomotive
was turned out of Paterson shop for
the Erie, and Josh Martin wanted her
the worst way. He ran on the Della
ware division, from Port Jervis to Sus.
quehanna. The superintendent,
. though, wanted the engine for the
Eastern division, between Port Jervis
and Pisrmont, and so he put her in
charge Of Cad Lyman. Cad ran her,
or rather he tried to run her, but she
had made up her mind about
something, and she wouldn't make any
kind Of time for Cad. She would stall
without provocation and acted con-
trary generally. Cad tried her for a
week, and then reported the locomo-
tive No good and she was condemned
to run the gravel train. She worked
as balky and sulky as ever, though,
and at last the superintendent ordered
her to the scrap heap.
Josh Martin heard of the fate the
locomotive had been sentenced to, and
he came down the road a-nying. He
begged to have the engine, for he liked
her, and said he was sure she would
do all right with him. The superin-
tendent yielded to Josh's appeal, and
told him to take the locomotive and
give her trial. Josh did so. He
mounted the cab at Piermont, and
when he opened her up she went like
bird. She made the trip to Port Jer-
Wis quicker than any locomotive had
ever made 1t before, and Josh Martin
ran her for years on the Delaware d.
vision after that, and always on time
as easy as could be. The locomotive
was the old II, and she Is remembered
yet by all the old engineers, and Ia
well known to the younger ones by the
tradition Of the road.
When Cad Lyman gave up that To-
connective because she wouldn't work
under him, he was put in charge of
another new locomotive. This loco
motive was fayorite Of President
Loder Of the Erie. She behaved the
best kind, and Cad was tickled all but
to death with her. When the date came /
round for the opening of the railroad
through to Dunkirk Cad and his loco
motive were chosen for the distinction :
Of pulling the first through train from !,
he Hudson to Lake Erie. The occa- +
'lon was to be historic one, and Cad G
vas proud. But what did that locomo- p
i've do but just get the sulks. don't b
Know why. Neither did Cad. She did,
hough, and acted up so outrageous =
hat she was an hour behind schedule n
ime when she logged into Port Jervis n
With the train only seventy miles from II
he start. Cad Lyman was the worst b
ceiling man, Pspose, that ever had a u
locomotive kick with him, and he felt II
7orse when he was ordered to take his r.
alky engine off and saw Josh Martin IL
ook onto the train with old Il loco H
1otive that Cad had turned in as no as
God. Josh and old II yanked the b'
rain through with bells on. NJ
And what do you think Cad Lyman,s ''
ceilings must have been when he hook
onto another train to run back to
isrmont to find the engine that had de
alked and sulked so outrageously be
18th him on what ought to have been ne
lie greatest trip on record, Just turn Of
and let herself out SO cheerfully and -,
vely on the way back that 1t was all ".
ad could do to hold her in! Now, how N
you account for that? 1t is true, m,
I'd a matter of record. Cad was so Ike
It up by this conduct of the locomo- pa
ve that he applied to have her ex- M
anged for some other one, although u .,e
e worked like a thoroughbred ever ho
nee the day she refused to pull the
eat pioneer through special. The fut
mpany would not make the change roc
at Cad wanted, and he refused to ehe
n that locomotive any longer and gr re
1t the road. This locomotive was an4
. 100. When Cad gave her up she ma
IS placed in charge of Bill Lyman.
DIS brother. There wasn't a better
sineer on the road than Bill, and he =
ew that make Of locomotive particu- hea
ly, for he had worked In the shops Bul
helped make 'em. But what did fun
s rantankerous locomotive 100 do, mo-
9 sulked with Bill from the time he f p,',
* her. Sometimes she'd squirt a ro u,
lie, but II she did she made up for IL Sta
tagging worse than ever. Bill wor-
along with her for nearly year,
she wouldn't work under him at G
One day in the spring Of 1852 she d gee
ked for certain at Chester station, be i
as she was pulling out with you
n. Bill pounded her, for he was Oh II