The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-30
SHIPMENT OF ALMOST ENTIRELY
COMPLETE LOCOMOTIVES ACROSS
SEAS is ONE OF YANKEE FEATS
pY rnr ASSOCIATED -arss

New York. Dec. Gothic shipment
Of American built steam locomotives
weighing each ~ ton ana assembled
all but the smoke stack and the ten
der 50 that they could move away un-
der their own steam within a few.
hours after their arrival Ia france
was among the accomplishments of
the United States army transport force
under stress OF war and has since been
continued.
More than four hundred 81 these
locomotives were so shipped from New
York in a. few months. II was learned
here with the lifting OF the war CEN
sOrship regulations, and these were In
addition "a i.2On which were shipped
az sections - nine Ga % locomotive.
packed in cases. Thu ships used 20
transport tho locomotives. complete,
were of a special type with three
holds. zach hold measu~.n" 60 hy l02
feet entered by matches 20 feet wide
and AZ feet long.
Into each OF the three holds was
placcd twelve locomotivos-thlrty-six
To a ship. 70 "a bed or flooring on
which they rested for the voyage, was
used more than 5000 ons of steel
rails. The locomotives when la post
t,on We're hracod with heavy wooden
ppams and the space " the boil
ers Ia the level Of the top Of tho steam
dome packed with highly compressed
talcd hay.
On this hay another flooring was
laic, and on this floor wnH placed the
tenders-the smoke stack, with more
balod hay or other light cargo. packed
IN the space whore coal rs To be car
riod. on top of the tenders was pack
ed Htill more cargo to n deck level,
and during the rush days" the above
deck space filled with Grated air.
planes When completely LOADED with
the 80 locomotives and other cargo,
,aCh vessel was carrying q dead
weight OF 1900 tom IN addition 10
ship machinery, bunker o ana crew
supplies.
The loading OF the locomotives Is
an interesting sight. Stcel-railroGd
bArges. carrying fourteen of the steel
monsters are made fast alongside a
lO0-ton capacity floating derrick
barge. In turn mndc fast To- the ship.
An ordinary sling of steel wire Is
placed around the forward end of the
boilers, another under the supports TO
the cab, the signal given and the loco
motive lifted forty to fifty feet in the
air. swung over and gently loaded in
to the ships hold. The whole opera
tion required but twenty minutes, and
II was accomplished with the same
ease and with the same lack OF ex-
element as prevailed on a steamer at
an ADJOINING deck which wac taking
on board 5O0-pound bales OF cotton.
The .dcn ~ shipping locomotives
complete Was conceived when army
transport officers were informed that
England was shipping them across the
channel ready 20 move away on ar
rival.
"If England can do II. 40 can Ann
erica an officer said, and he straight
WAY "A fleet of ore
carrying vessels which we're con
strueted with matches large enough To
permit the handling Of such freight.
when the movement WIS az its
height the following time vas record
ed for the movement at "A locomotive
from It's builders 20 Ia base OF action
behind tho battle lines. Shops to New
Jersey terminals. 20 hours. from rail
Go barges, six hours, from terminals