The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-07
PRESENT DAY RAIL
ROAD EQUIPMENT
Major ]. c. Pangborr, of the B. Q O..
Gives The Republican Readers
Some Interesting Information

SOAC AhhCACStinS lOEtAdtlOh
To the Editor of The Republican:
Included in the orders for new
motive power and equipment re-
Gently placed by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad were IS high
power passenger locomotives OF
the Atlantic type. which are now
being delivered and placed in i'm
mediate service. These locomo-
tives are designed to meet the
present day demands for speed =,
comfort and safety and in them is
represented the most advanced art
in the construction Of high speed
locomotives. The Atlantic type
engine is a modification of the old
American type, the modification
consisting in the addition of a
'trailor" truck for carrying the
larger frebox found necessary for
hauling the heavy express trains.
The freboxes of these locomotives
are six feet wide by nine feet long,
or about the size of a single bed
chamber in one of our seaside
hotels, and therefore need a spe-
cial means for carrying, hence the
"trailor" truck. The height OF
the freboX is seventy inches, or
high enough for a man of ordinary
height to stand erect when inside.
With the cabs constructed of
steel, new departure in loComO-
tive building, the engines have
two pairs of driving wheels So
inches in diameter, three revolu-
tions of which would carry a loco
motive across a so foot street
The total length of the engine and
tender is SO feet IA inches, or
longer than necessary to reach
from house to house across a 80
foot street.
The weight of the locomotive,
including the tender, is about
$4,000 pounds, or Us tons; in
other words, bringing it down to
ordinary measure, it would repre-
sent a weight equivalent to rs
carloads Of dirt, which if strung
out close together in line, would
make a train of carts ? 500 feet
long, or oyer half a mile in length
The capacity of the tender for coal
and water for the locomotive is
1000 gallons Of water, or 222 bar
rels, and IS tons of coal.
The Atlantic type locomotive
will haul on a straight level track
passenger train of IS passenger
coaches, 10 baggage, 7 Pullman
and 8 postal cars, total of 50 cars
in train, at speed of 40 miles per
hour, and is capable of hauling a
passenger train or ordinary size at
a speed of so miles per hour.
As a means of safety the engines
are equipped with the latest type
of automatic high-speed driving
and truck brakes to all wheels of
the locomotive. The high-speed
brake permits the locomotive to be
run for maximum proportion of
the time at the highest speed,
with as little loss OF time as posi-
bic to bring it to full stop,
The boiler is 70 inches in diam
eter and contains 347 tubes for the
radiation of heat through the boil
er IN inches in diameter and Il
feet I inch long. These tubes, il
in one continuous pipe, would
have a length of 1926 feet, or
nearly three-quarters of a mile.
To further prevent loss of time
the locomotives are provided with
a water scoop for filling the tank
with water while the train is in
motion. These scoops are con-
trolled by cylinders operated by
compressed air. The locomotive
bells are operated by pneumatic
bell ringers to enable the fireman
to give more attention to the firing
of the locomotive.
He Knew a Good Time.