The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-04
DAB NEY DE sCRlBEs
. RICHMOND MADE. ENGINE
Tells Albany. Rotarians of Wonder
full Machines Built In
South.
ARGUS REPORTS HIS SPEECH
New Workers. Greatly Impressed by
Glowing Account OF Great Rich
lnond Product, Which Carries This
Clty's Trademark Around World.

Mouths were gaped in wondermcnt
and tho attention of everyone was d.
rected. toward Richmond by the story
or the largest locomotive IN the world
AS told by w. T. Dabney. business man
ager OF the Richmond Chamber of Com
merce, who, not long ago, while in AL
tany, New York, was one of the speak
ers at a luncheon given by the Albany
Rotary Club. At the time members
OF the congressional committee of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ftion were visiting Albany. and accom-
pnnyinB them were delegations from
all parts OF the country.
At the luncheon given In honor of the
visitors by the Albany Rotary Club tine
visitors were introduced and each was
invited to say a few words relative to
his home city. Some of the delegates
told marvellous stories of the gigantic
home" but reports indicate that the
Richmond booster put over" the fea-
ture story of the occasion when he
told what kind OF locomotives are made
in Richmond. the home OF one OF the
largest locomotive works in the world.
Under the headline, Some Engine"
the Albany Argus quotes Mr.. Dabney
az giving the following description of
n monster locomotive. Made in Bich-
mond." 4t
DABNEY DESCRIBES
RICHMOND-NADE ENGINE
THE largest locomotive in the world
lis in Richmond, Va. 1t has five acres
OF. CRATE bars and four acres OF netting
in the smokcstack. 1t takes n man a
day and a half to walk through one
Of Its cylinders. 1t has an elevator
running up to the headlight. and it
takes ten barrels of oil to fill It. It
takes two men forty-flve minutes to
light one signal light, and 1t took fl :
teen carpenters nine months to build
her pilot. They have steam shovel
to give her coal. The tender holds
ninety-sevcn carloads OF coal. Every
time she exhausts It rains for thirty
minutes. The engineer uses a search
light to look out for signals and goes
blind after running for six months.
1t takes two astronomers with power
full telescopes to see her going. The
pony wheels are the size of monster
turntables In this country. and sec
tion OF the Pacific cable is used for
the bell cord. 1t takes forty-eight
hours for one spark to fall. When the
whistle blows II causes an epidemic
Of DEAFNESS in Norfolk 100 miles away.
Monster trees have been broken from
the wind of this train. She runs from
Richmond to Rockfish, a distance of
eighty-four miles. in ffty-five minutes.
making her tunnels as she goes. She
hauls 1,743 cars, and the roundhouse
force hold their, annual picnic in her
firebox every summer. When they
wash her boiler IT is necessary to drain
the James River. She carries 1850
pounds OF steam and $40 pounds of
air. The. throttle is pulled by a
stationary engine In the cab. The
lubricator holds fourteen barrels of oil.
When she leaves the rails there is
an earthquake In Petersburg four days
later. This train goes so fast that
when It stops It is still going ten
miles an hour.
The glare of the headlight can be
seen through a hill half mile thick.
When she takes water she dries an
ordinary lake, and lowers the water
level OF the river several feet"