Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
CLASS Up" ENGINES.
New Type Used on Northwestern for
Fast andiIIeavy Trains.

Special to Characterization
Clinton. July a1.- The new style of en-,
sgine, designated az class "D, which
Was recently put IN use by The North
western Railway Company Tor service
on the Iowa division, tasa,tracted con-
siderable attention. especially from peo-
pie familiar With locomotives.
The engine Was designed BY Robert
sQuaNle, former master mechanic Of the
Iona division. with headquarters In this
city. and by Mr.. Henderson, also of the
Northwestern company.
The iieN engine i, specially adapted
for pulling fast and heavy trains on the
Northwestern system. 1t is known
.strictly as "a Nofthwestern type of To-
connective. In every respect il is a mon
ster and ia capable of performing an
Immense amount Of work The engine
has weight on the drivers Of 20, 90
POUNDS on he lead truck OF 80, 200 and
on the trailing truck Of 3.ooo. making a
total Of $4,000 pounas. The driving
wheel has baas OF . feet and total
wheel base Of 2G.9 feet The cylinders
are 20x26 inches and are equipped with
lRiaton valve. which was designed at the
Chicago shops
The driving wheels are made of cast
iisteelsand are sOinches in diameter OUT
| side Of the tire. The boiler pressure is
2oeo pounds 10 the square inch.
a distinctive feature Of the monster
l3engine is the fire box. which is especial
/ ~ designed To give it larger CRATE area
than is ordinarily in use. I, IL lO2is
inches long and 65A inches vide, which
! gives total crate surface of 46.27 feet.
i The tubes are longer in this engine
4 Than any other in use on the North
4 Western. being no ess, than l6 feet The
neN locomotive hasnow been in service
ION the Nest IosNa division for one week
and has giNen splen1id results. hauling
A 4 train of eleven care over the division
land making up iifty-three minutes lost
\ time on the trip
i II is the intention of the Northwestern
h company To haze three more Of these
tsnginea placed on the Iowa division in
d.side=of the next three weeks, when they
NIL be on the regular runs between here
and Council Bluffs. The new engine
now pulls Nos. 3 and 6.
New BaIdwins.
Davenport. July 27.-'rhe new Bald
4 win engines on the Rock Island road
Il are fast enough for almost any emsr-
FL X tisCs.5 llt- lllItFr eNGHIIiS NJ. U
i the thru limited from Denver. was
4 composed Of ten heavy sleeping cars. II
was one OF the heaviest trains over the
lread for several years and II was quit.
4 important taat3it should arrive in Chi
Il cago on time toconnect With the Michi-
4 gan Southern, nearly all the passenger.
A being residents of New England ant
a Very anxious to get home without de.
lay Oneof the most powerful engine.
4 IN the passenger service was assigned
TO bring the train from Omaha TO De.
A Moines. but The sleepers dragged heay
lily. and despite all tina. could be don,
the train WAS half hour late at Stuart
The conductor Nag directed TO stop a
Stuart ard exchange engines with
Ifreigkt lying on a side track. The en-
Igine for which the exchange was mad
was one Of the new compound Bald
wins. recently placed in he freigh
a service on the wsst Iowa division. TIL
"A huge machine Was coupled To the heav,
Il limited and the engineer given a sig
nal 10 take off the bridge" in a run t
u Valley Junction. no one for a momen
suspecting it would any more than hol,
the running schedule where it wa
without falling farther behind. 1t tool
about six exhausts 10 get the Ion,
train to swinging. and a half mile on
of the station Conductor A. Staffort
thought the engine had taken the hi
in its teeth and was running away. TIL
big. black machine rapidly game,
Roadway until the train was moving a
a slxty-mile gait. swaying from side L
side, swinging around curves so fas
that the passengers We're paste
against the sides Of the coaches and tn
T trucks only hitting the high places
The dispatcher, conductor and Superin
tendent Lawrence We're threatened wit
attacks Of heart failure when messag
came into the Office at Des Moline
stating that No. had made up hal
hour in forty-four, miles. supplements
by statement from Stafford that h
believed the engine and.train had &C
complished the feat by. cutting acros
the curves and jumping the valleys