The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14
THE MODERN IOCOMOTIVE.
A Thing Of beauty and strength That Gets
Its Due OF Admiration.

The average American has a fancy for tho
locomotive. Travelling. he may stroll along
the platform al the relay station and look NJ
the fresh engine that Is backed down 10 hook
on to the train. and NJ the end of thcrun he likes
70 take a look NJ the machine that has brought
him in. II the engine stands where he passes
her on HE way out Of tho station he Clances ~
her with pride as he goes by. and looks mp, IN
I'm more ways than ono. M her engineer. who u
porchance looking down from the window OF
the cab upon the throng Of passengers pa~~lng
out along the platform. You hear The" engines
breathing ~ Non 20. by, nl' ~ u t'ilI' any
MINDED hv hor run Of "a hundred niles r. titv
miles an hour. give her Conl aud water nnd she
can rrualt Indefinitely aud never turn "a hair.
II may b." that when IA" bulk ~ the passen-
gers have passed along one "r tWo9i ,h'n may
liug"r 10 look. the cngln" over u IlttI' ms IN"
stands there for a brief time, while they are
cara before the train backs down 70 th" y1rd.
And th"-" pu-scuE"r@ may b" ig'lnd pV one gr
fair and another who stop To- look NJ the en-
gino. ne the others hHv" done, juet ou' ~ sheer
"a" I tbis minute or two ~ waiting and Of mllct
tho engineer druus down from the cab with a
i.ht hammer In his hand To VIII utilize that
tim" In q gianc" ~ The nlohln' HeIs a H""d
from tho level uf the station platform 10 the
Lowell ~ 'hp track. beside the engine, Won mr."
eiIrprf-pd 10 500 how small he l. bN comparison.
And IT. Won arc old enough Won WIN roa,,iI" l,''d-
Il. ir pro'nar vav. rs won 500 him standing Their"
he,ilr her. how biz this great modern engine
There was n time when, standing beside n
locomotive. Won could como pretty, u"Ar 20
looking across oycr her boiler YOU VIII observe
that. standing upright, YOU can come pretty
naqr 10 looking across under the boiler Of thi!
onginc-it is carried 80 nigh, to say nothlng 81
it-f far greater hu.k. u.,.
tour around the engine. touching gently. here
and there Win his hammer, nud g"ttlng IN re-
turn the trlo ton" Of sound metal ilRt IS a
looking pf This engine from tho platform ar"
not only looking ~ the big engine. huf sl'"1kluC
her bringing them thus together And cor,
talnlv she : splendid Gigantic In form and
Stature. and y"t with 2 .tremendons d"rr"" ~
r,lisbrcss Roller so big and carried 80 high
,bat nor smokcetqck has ~ be- short and S'umpv
N let her 90 under the bridges. i f. no higher
than her sand-hoN and bell and steam dom"
She ia lika n hsttleshin. In fact in her aurear.
nnco NJ massive strength and In tho .1hs9nce, Or
lofty top banner bgt She also has the d1shinS
They turn ont handsome engines In those
shops. said one Of ~" hystand,Grs g. the strano
Scrrirn "a he spobo. Tho ramcplntr IL the works
They certainly DO" eaid the STRANGER, She
M" H 1'ard-sn IfrIJJ.n'm mako aa" b5orautifni' engines.
TOO. and. iu fact. thore'- NO engines made anv-
whore In tho world thOt herln o. C'lniare, IN
appearance with those made In thi, country
Ten cars, and she 'andcl them here. three
minute ahead - tIm". oa-ilv,' aid a man who
lad COME IN IN that troin and Ind ,-t"pIGd
fo- iu-t "a moment 20 look NJ the engine thu
little speech being addressed Inst casually
10 the man rovt 70 whom he Ind talked and
whom he lad thus addressed With oufiro con-
Ndonce which, I'm fact. was not rl'sIlacod-
that such sueooh would not be resented
Aud go n wont With the little CHANGING bunch
that 'Dulcd ON while the engine stood there.
They iidr't all talk; mos' ~ Thorn didn't and
'ho su""Ch Of such a. spoke NJ oil was h1ot.
but mono tho loss We're they all united hv a com
mon admiration for tho giant locomotive.