Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
NEW B. & O. EQUIPMENT
ROLLING STOCK AUGMENTS
ooMPANY's FAcILITIEa

The delivery Of $50 locomotives and 10000
/ freight cars. ordered by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad during May of last year, has
just been completed and are now in serv-
Ice with the other equipment. This great
| ~ augments the company's facilities for
promptly handling the largely increased
| and enormous volumes of freight traffic.
and. combined with the Improvement to
| track and transportation conditions and bet
| ter maintenance of all rolling stock, in
| sures an efficiency in handling business
second to railroad In the country.
The magnitude of this order OF railroad
| equipment is not conceived by the general
| public. With an expenditure of about &c.
100000 much work was involved In fur
| nishing the enormous quantity of material
| for the equipment, which, when in service,
would be sure to greatly aid the earning
| powers Of the road. and much more than
| insure the reimbursing TO the company for
| the money spent Such an expenditure
serves to show the necessity which existed
| for sufficient capacity to promptly and
| properly handle the constantly increasing
! traffic on the road and also as an indica-
| ton of the general trade prosperity
| throughout the country.
Magnitude Of the Equipment.
| The aggregate length Of the $50 locomo-
| tives, If placed in line and coupled to-
| gether, would stretch over distance OF
| three and one-quarter miles. II placed
| side by side and end to end they would
| cover an area of four acres.
The total number of cubic feet which
| would be occupied IL these locomotives
were placed in pile would be equivalent
to. a mass 800 feet long, AZ feet wide and
| 200 feet high.
| OF the number, 210 are consolidation type
engines
| inches in length from the tip Of pilot to
| over the drawhead Of the tender. Thirty
| FIVE are Pacific type passenger locomotives.
| II feet inches long, and five switch
| ing engines, 90 feet Al inches long.
If the boiler tubes were placed In a
| line end to end they would reach q dis
| the total distance from Washington to
| New York The heating surface IN the
boilers would cover sixteen acres, and the
| combined crate area would be the same as
one-third of an acre.
Some Interesting Figures.
| The aggregate weight of these engines
and tenders, in working order. Is ~, $50 tons.
| The water In the tanks. assuming all to
| be filled, would be equivalent to a pool
25o feet long, SO feet wide and 25 feet deep;
| and the coal in the tenders would make a
rectangular pile 100 feet long Al feet wide
and Is feet high.
Imagine the enormous power of these
| locomotives, when the total length of a
| train which could be hauled by them, If ell
| were coupled together, would be 1853 miles,
| consisting of about 21.0OO loaded cars of
| 10000 pounds capacity. and the total weight
| of the train would be about 929. 430 tons.
The total amount of coal burned by these
| locomotives In one day, working under
| ordinary conditions, would be about 5000
| tons To haul this amount of coal would
| require a train of sixty-five cars of a capac-
| ity of 10000 pounds each, and the num-
no Of nrfI Of lie bod
be about $4,000. This amount of coal.
| gathered into one rectangular pile, would
| be about 100 feet long, 80 feet wide and
| % feet high. The combined tractive power
! of these locomotives would be about 1850
| tons
This order was given very close study
and attention by Mr.. j. E. Muhlfeld, gen.
eral superintendent of motive power who
is known to be one Of the most thorough
| motive power experts in the country. With
this new equipment the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and its affiliated lines now
has about 2,0T5 locomotives and $4,000
freight cars in service.
Nearly Eighty Miles of Cars.
The aggregate length of the 10000 cars If
coupled together, would be about 7eA
miles. To show the difference in size and
| hauling capacity the total length of
similar lot Of cars which were the standard
ten years ago, If divided into the same
This order of new cars, If placed side by
side and end to end, would cover an area
of 5.047, 1914 square feet, or about lis acres.
Their aggregate weight would be about
PIG. 225 tons. and the carrying capacity
about 476, 80 tons. The total weight of a
similar number of such cars as were STAN
dard ten years ago, If classified in the same
manner as the new lot, would be about
155 TIA tons, and the carrying capacity
would be 297, 800 tons.
Thousands of men were given long en-
ployment in connection with the construc-
tion of the engines and 10000 cars, and
they In turn contributed to the support of
families varying In size, but making up
large army in the aggregate.
AS an idea of the quantity of the
terial required. nearly II 100000 feet Of
lumber were used In constructing the 10000
cars, about 5.235oOo rivets, 20,0O0,OO0
pounds of castings, 345, coo pounds of nails,
100000 feet of iron, 10000 square feet of
roofing for the box cars, $4,000 wheels,
100000 bolts and nuts. nearly 6,35o,000
square feet of iron and steel plate and
large quantity of a number of other kinds
of necessary material in proportion.
Two hundred and forty-ive Of the new
locomotives were built by the American
Locomotive Company and five by the Bald
win locomotive works.
The order Of cars was distributed among
the American Car and Foundry Company,
Steel Car and Foundry Company, South
pany, Standard Steel Car Company, Cam
brla Steel Company and the Rodgers Bal
last Car Company.