The Washington times., 1905-02-27
B. & 0. WILL SPEND
THIRTEEN MILLIONS
Orders $50 Engines and
10000 Freight Cars.
LARGEST PURCHASER YEARS
President Murray's Policy Is to Place
the Road in Better Condition
Than Ever Before.

Than Ever Before.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
COMPANY has authorized the purchase
of 145 consolidation freight locomotives,
s. passenger locomotives, 40 six-wheel
switching locomotives, and 10000 freight
cars.
This will be the new equipment for
the present year and will be by far the
largest purchase made in recent years
by the company. The contracts will
soon be awarded and the aggregate cost
will range between So, 000, eco and $1,000
0O0
The delivery of the cars will commence
in April and in time for navigation bus
mess. It is expected the first locono-
tives will be delivered in June and all
deliveries of cars and locomotives COM
pIeted by November 1, 1865, in order to
take care of next winters business.
This will place the rolling stock of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in much
better condition than it has ever been
It is the policy of President Murray and
his associates IN the management OF the
road to put its present equipment, as
well as the new rolling stock, in first
class condition and have it all avail
able by next fall to meet the anticipat-
ed heavy traffic
New Equipment.
This new equipment will consist as fol-
lows:
is consolidation type freight loco
motives, each TO weigh about 2oo, 600
pounds
30 Pacific type passenger locomotives,
each to weigh about 20 coo pounds.
IS six-wheeI coupled switching loco
motives, each to weigh 10000 pounds.
six-wheel coupled switching loco
motives, each to weigh $4,000 pounds.
5000 steel hopper cars designed to carry
100000 pounds of gas coal or about 10 600
POUNDS OF ore.
5000 double hopper steel gondola cars
designed TO carry 100000 pounds of gas
coal or about 10000 pounds of ore.
2,eo box cars about $4,000 pounds ca
paclty-
1900 drop and gondola cars designed to
carry 100000 pounds OF gas coal, or about
10000 pounds of structural steel btllets,
pig iron, etc, and which will be adapted
for single or twin loading.
go 40-foot refrigerator and ventilator
cars of 7o,000 pounds capacity and 25l
steel cars of 100000 pounds capacity,
suitable for distributing ballast, Stag
and other similar materials or for the
handling of coal and ore.
The Baltimore and Ohio now has 81
locomotives and about $1,000 freight cars
IL service.
Pacific Type of Locomotive.
In arranging for the new locomotives
the Baltimore and. Ohio railroad has
considered the making of a higher aver
age rate Of speed with its heavy freight
and passenger trains. The Pacific type
of locomotives that will be ordered vii
have ten wheels and q trailer; that is
three driving wheels on each side in
stead of two, as those of the Atlantis
type now in service.
They will have wide freboxes of great
er steaming capacity and be adapted 70
high speed on level track, as well as
good average speed for mountainou
divisions and in connection with tn
handling Of heavy and long passenge
trains The newest locomotives now il
service are the Atlantic type. which ar
similar to the American eight-whee
class, with the addition OF a traile
wheel, in order TO provide for q larg
CRATE area
These locomotives are well adapte
for high speed on level track, but d
not draw heavy passenger trains owe
the rolling and mountainous country [
the best advantage. 1t Is believed tina
the Pacific type will meet all require
mentS-
Consolidation Locomotive
The consolidation locomotives vii
have a larger size af drive wheels thal
those now IN the service, with v4ev
OF increasing the average speed of fas