The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-16
Hartman Lines Buy Big New
Mallet Locomotives.
New Engines Said to Be Larger
Than Santa Fe Models.
THE TENDER IN FRONT
Southern Pacific Monsters Will
Run Backwards.
Other Items Of General Interest
in Railroad Circles.

The Santa Fe, the railroad company
that has taken considerable pride in
leading the procession in the matter
of locomotive power, will have to open
the throttle another notch for the
Dreadnaught rivalry has now become
extended to other railroads.
All the big systems now have the
fever to have an engine a little bit
bigger and more powerful than any
other line in the country.
While the Santa Fe has always been
the pioneer in experimenting and try
ing out bigger engine in the west
the Hartman lines have jumped ahead
of Mr.. Ripley. For the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific have ordered
bunch of Mailet locomotives which are
than the Santa Fe machines but which
are to include a remarkable innovation.
On these engines the tender is to be
placed right in front of the engine and
the pilot affixed to the far end of the
tender.
Railroad men and other residents of
San Bernardino. who have had the OPP
portunity to climb into the cabs of the
big Mallet engines. were impressed with
the distance that the enginemen are
from the front end. Looking out the
cab along one of these battleships is
like seeing the track in front of the
engine from the caboose of long
freight train.
The newest Mallet is so built to do
away with this difficulty. With the
tender on the head end. the cab is To-
Gated almost at the front. The engine
runs backward while running forward
and the engineer can see the track
right at his feet as it We're.
Regarding these freak locomotives the
Railway Journal says the following, in
part:
The Baldwin Locomotive works have
recently completed q Consolidation
Mallet type locomotives for the associ7
ated lines These are part of an or
works by the associated lines in the
spring of 1909. The heavy Mallet en-
gines have been assigned as follows:
Three coal burners for the Union Pa
cif1c railroad. three for the Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation company. and Is oil
burners for the Southern Pacific COM
Lany. Apart from notifications neces-
sary because of the change of fuel,
the six coal burners are practically
duplicates of Southern Pacific 1ocomo-
tives Nos 1000 and 4001, which were
built by the Baldwin Locomotive works
in 1909.
Experience gained in operating these
engines through tunnels and snow
sheds, has proved the STABILITY OF
placing the engine crew where bet
Accordingly, the new Southern Pacific
locomotives are designed to run with
the firebox end first, and the tender
back of the smoke box. With a coal
burning locomotive such plan would
of course be impracticable, but no diff
fculty need be anticipated when using
oil as fuel. In the new design the cab
is entered through side doorWays'
reached by suitable ladders. An I'M
obstructed view of the track is obtain
nd
fittings are conveniently located within
easy reach of the engineman, who oc-
cupies the right hand side when look
ing ahead. The Ragonnet power gear is
employed, and its cylinder is located as
on the previous locomotives. 1t mas
therefore been necessary to run shaft
across the boiler backhead, in order TO
make connection with the operating
lever. This arrangement, however, in
no way interferes with the convenience
of the cab fittings.
The main frames are securely brac-
cd under the cab, by a steel casting
to which the bumper is bolted- The
latter supports a stub pilot. The bum
ner is placed we'll forward to protect
the occupants of the cab from -pufnng
and collision shocks
The deck plate at the smokebox end
of the locomotive is of cast steel, and
is provided with a chatting block and a
suitable pocket for the tender draw
har. The tender is of the associated
lines standard design with rectangular
tank, as equipped for oil burning loco
motives.
AS far as the boiler. cylinders. ma
chinery and running gear of this loco
motive are concerned. the design prac-
ticaIly duplicates that of Southern Pa
cific engine No. 1000. The latter engine
tas now been in service a sufficient
Iene.th of time to demonstrate it's value;
and the fact that 81 additional locomo-
lives of the same type have been built
for the associated lines proves that the
performance of these great engines
las been fully UP to expectations.
These engines are equipped with the
BALDWIN superheater located in the
smokebox, for relocating steam between
Ligb and low pressure cylinders the
s1inerheating surface being 655 square