The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-09-26
BIG ENGINES
ARE COMING
FIRST OF THE BIG MONSTERS
ARRIVED HERE TUESDAY
FROM CUT BANK.

Engine 1000, the first of the new
monster superheated Mallet COM
pound locomotives billed for this
division, arrived here Tuesday morn
ing from Cut Bank at SIS under
her own steam. Engineer George
Stevens and Engineer w. C. Gage
with Travelling Engineer Sol Pickett,
had the distinguished homer of be-
ing the first men en- the kalispell
division to handle these new loco
motives. Engineer Stevens and Con-
duct6r Bowen were called to take
the engine and train of 65 cars
out of Cut Eank, but considerable
time was used up before the engine
was ready to go and on account of
fire and bCilerful Of Dakota alkali
water they had to set out all but 5
cars at Browning, and when they
got to Summit their 16 hours We're
UP so Engineer Gage and Conduc-
tor Plymate brought the train in
from there. Engineer Stevens says
he thinks these new engines are GO
ing 80 be dand;es and Will haul their
$500 tons over the hump without
any trouble at all. AS far as their
coal burning qualities are concerned,
he says that they do not burn as
much as the 1900 do.
Since its arrival at the round
house half the population of the
town has been down to lCok the big
brute over. 1t is the biggest thing
on wheels in the world and is we'll
worth seeing. 1t is Of great interest
to all the railroad men, especially
the firemen, whose greatest concern
is how enc man is going to bail
enough ccal into that terrible nav
to keep her hct.''
Sizing the whole thing up in gen.
elal it looks like a white hope"
pugilist. The smoke stack is the
smallest thing about tin fact so
small tina. it is hardly noticeable.
Overall the engine is almost as long
as an ocean liner and has so many
drive wheels under it that it will
make the engineer dizzy watching
them go around.
The frcnt end Of the engine one
might take fer the observation plat
form Of 4 private car if it had brass
ratings instead Of black IRON ones.
It. will be a delightful place for the
head trakems n to- ride if shelter is
furnished and might well be used
as an observation platform to show
Glacier Park tourists the beautiful
mountain scenery.
The engine is fully equipped with
all the lates. auXiliaries in the line
CT air brake apparatus, reverse gears,
electric head light and cab lights.
The fire box is quite large and has
a brick arch ard combustion cham
Der in it. There is such an array
of pipes, superheater pipes and val
YES and levers mixed up in the ma
chinery and around the boiler and
cab that it will take d mschinist a
half day to figure out where the
things lead to and the engineer will
have to enlarge his vocabulary con-
siderably in order that he can make
out an Intelligent work report fer
the roundhouse force. Many new
phrases will have to be coined that
have never been heard before in
railroad parlance.
The 1000 was put on the new
turntable and put in the roundhouse
Immediately after her arrival here
and her boiler was thoroughly wash
ed out. A hest of machinists, box
packers and other workmen were
put to work getting her in good
shape for thorough trial back to
Cut Bank again, and in few days
her appearance up and down the
line will be as unusual as the other
locomotives. There are number
more of these big locomotives now
on the way and they will be drop
ping in here one by one most every
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