The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-21
ENGINEERS TWO FLIGHTS UP.
Some Giant Locomotives In Use on the
Northern Pacific Road.

from me Tacoma Ledger.
The Northern Pa cifc has received the In y
Of consignment OF I wenty-one Of the biggest
engines in America. The last one of the
series arrived r few days go. and Tncoma
the terminus, has the distinction of being
also the greatest railroad centre in tho world
in this respect. There are a. big engines
elsewhere in twos and thrces. but on no line
and at no point ar" there score Of ngineS
like the LOO class just received in Tacoma
Any ten of those engines could have done all
tho railroad business there was to be done
here ten years ago. when the sage hens"
used to crawl M 20 Weston with eight and ten
small cars that could he loaded into FIVE
modern cars, wheels ard all The public
sees little of these en- gines. since they are con
fined to freichting on the mountain division
Any one Of them can pull on n level track
all the loaded cars that can be hung behind
them. The only limit Is the number OF cars
that can be handled by single crew In tho
graphic langua re OF Master Mechanic Bruce
You can string all the cars YOU can get he
hind one OF these engines chop the train of
at mile or so. and swing 'em into Portland
easy"
Technical language will not convey to
the average reader the immensely Of these
wonders of locomotive building The name
given them by common consent all over
the road Is nba,tlesh,ps. and a more de-
One goes up two Ill gnts of stairs to reach the
cab, for the boilers are so big they cannot
BE- squeezed between the dryers, and per
height is Of three men standing on each
other shoulders-iust low enough to squeeze
b 1d s be the and9e rs a ndeed many tunnels
the East The cylinders are double on each
side, being arranged tandem" the word
t,n y nsihS adopted as the class name
Five years ago the "Mogul" engine. which
could swing 500 tons up the / 2.iO grade to
Lester at the foot OF the mountain. was CON
limit had been reached as TO size, But the
present "battleship." which weighs loaded
nearly three times as much. and rolls along
Il tho freish,inS over the mountain werc
sun done With horseftesh; rs forty. years
ago, IT would take So,ooc horses 10 do In
She carries $40 pounds Of steam The "high.
press" cylinders AZ the front of the tandem.
looking Ike young iS.inch cannon. discharge
into the low press cylinders at 10 pounds
From end to end the engines are siSty-nine
i nSi long, Tor, a. ne m"stsr mechanic says,
only thing they can do now is to build 'cnl
longer Roundly, ,spea king. one oi tho on.
Rines would run az ne mills In Tacoma u Il
Five years ago TIE company received the
ss!dered a masterT ieoe OF engine construction
Though monsters In size and power. the new
GGnigincs exceed them Just 70 per cent. in both
and The "Batteship" daily exceeds the "Klon.
diker" by 200 tons
The engines nre not comforta BILE for the
eng ne crews and have occa stoned a great
dea! OF kicking 4 bulletin was posted ves-
terday cutting down the loads Of engines
ana III further orders the "Battleship" Will
ohiy Do required 20 draw 400 tons-stil far
them The object OF the order "a the speeding
M OF trains during the great rush OF business
now on
u Is positively announced now. ms Outlines
ppeioTe, TINT the limit OF locomotive building
mas been reached. u remain to he seen how
many months II will be before the limit sign
Is torn down and u higher one substituted