Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-18
NOVEMBER NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES MAGAZINE

The November number of the Santa
Fc Employees magazine Is from the
press and as usual it is a beauty. A
view OF a Santa Zee train crossing Ca
jon pass forms the cover design. The
frontispiece Is II picture OF Charles A.
Morse. appointed ON November l chief
engineer of the Santa Fe system. ac-
companying an interesting little
sketch OF the career of Mr.. Morse.
Assistant Freight Traffic Manager
Edward Chambers of san Francisco
contributes an interesting paper on
the growth OF the California citrus
fruit traffic. Travelling Passenger
Agent Harold II. Moore of Los Ange-
les gives his views on Closer Rela-
tons With the Public" and there IL
a most interesting description of the
two new largest engines in the
world" Just built for the Santa Fc for
use between Sellsman and Needles,
Arizona. The miscellaneous matter Is
varied and interesting, with many pic
lures.
Those New Engines.
Regarding the monster new engines
the magazine says: In keeping with
the advanced ideas and methods OF
the Santa Fc motive power depart
ment. two large passenger locomotives
Of the Mallet type have just been COM
pletcd at the Baldwin locomotive
works for use between Seligman.
iriz., and Needles, Cal.
These are the largest and heaviest
passenger locomotives which havc
ever been built, and they embody
many new features Of design. Two
freight locomotives of this Type are
also under way.
These giants OF the railway world
look az If each were made of two reg
ular engines jammed together. with
the smokestack of the hlndmost and
the cab OF the foremost demolished
one reason for building this class
of locomotives for service in mountain
Gus territory was to secure great pow
err in n single machine which at the
same time would be Die TO turn COM
p~aratively sharp curves. 1t Is very
desirable to have a single locomotive
under a single crew rather than to
run double-headers. yet an engine
with the power of this new class but
with the rigid frame at present in
many curves.
The fireboX is of the Jacobs-Shu-
pert patent, consisting of a series of
plates corrugated vertically. There
are no stay-bolts except at the throat
md back head. The fire tubes are
nineteen feet in length. After passing
tho fire tubes the ignitcd
gases pass through n superhoater Of
he santa Fe type, thence through n
-eheater. The superheater and re-
heater are placed in the intermediate
combustion chamber. The gases then
through a foed-water heater be- |
finally escaping through the
imokestack. The temperature of the
'eed water Is raised to about 800 de-
Fahrenheit. Steam generated
n the boiler passes first through the
..uperheater. thence through the high
cylinders. whore It's force Is
To drive the res set Of driv-
ng wheels. thence through the re-
where II is revitalized. thence
. the low-pressure cylinders. where II
s uiliiktu 10 uflNt int biNbl1 set VI
wheels. After being exhaust
a from the low-pressure cylinders IL
through the smokestack. The
is separabie in front Of the
Iigh-pressure cylinders. at which
the forward unit is also pivoted
0 the rear unit. Dimensions:
Cylinders. "a inches and SO inches
y - inches: diameter Of boiler. ~
nches. g pressure, 200 pounds:
Irebox length, ii9 5-s inches. fire
width. 63 Ia inches; heating sur
of firebox. zoe square feet. heat
lg surface Of tubes. 1854 square
ct; CRATE area, 52.5 square feet!
Of driving wheels. 20 inches:
whecl base. 80 feet 4 inches.
,tal engine wheel bare. 81 feet II
total engine and tender wheel
.se. - feet 3 inches: length over
u. f04 feet i1is inches: weight on
irving wheels. 26s.0OO pounds: total
Of engine. 37s.+s0 pounds: to-
II weight 81 engine and tender. 6G0.-
% pounds. tank capacity. water. a.
90 gallons. tank capacity, oil, i,0e0