The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-26
GIGANTIC ENGINES
SCHEDULED TO MAKE
STOP in RICHMOND
(By Associated Press.)

PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-F1ying
pennants proclaiming it "the prosper
ity special the largest and perhaps
the most remarkable single train. of
locomotives ever hauled across the
country was scheduled to leave the
Eddyville plant of the Baldwin locomo-
tive works at noon today for East st.
Louis, Ill. 1t consists of 20 oil burn
ing engines of the Santa Fe type, each,
with it's tender, nearly one hundred
feet long and weighing $4,000 pounds.
The train is part Of an order Of so
locomotives of this type built for the
Southern Pacific lines. All of them
are ready for delivery and the remain
der will be forwarded as rapidly as
possible.
Several coal burning engines, pull
ers and pushers will furnish the mo-
tive power for the 20 locomotives max
ing up the body of the train, which is
nearly a half mile long and weighs
more than 5000 tons. On account of
some bridges not being able to beaS
the tremendous weight and to avoid
narrow tunnels and clearances in GER
tain sections many detours were found
necessary in planning its movement
to the west. 1t will require at least
six engines to haul the train around
] the horseshoe curve west Of Altoona,
Pa. .r
To Travel During Day
The train will move over the Penn
sylyania railroad and will travel only
during the day. 1t is due at East st
Louis at p. m, June 5. No attempt
at speed will be made and at many o.
the overnight stopping places and il
a number of cities through which il
will pass arrangements have beer
made by state and municipal authort
ties, commercial and industrial or
ganizations and public schools to re
view the train as it passes. At nigh
stopping points opportunity for close
inspection of the locomotives will be
afforded.
The locomotives are so large, Sam
Iuel NJ. Vauclain, president of tht
Baldwin works said, that it was i'm
possible to haul the train through
Philadelphia, Harrisburg or Pitts
, burgh. Neither will it be possible, b,
added, for the great train to cross thu
Mississippi river at st. Louis over tn,
Eads bridge. 1t will go south to Cairt
and cross over another bridge.
To Stop in Richmond
Night stops are scheduled for Perry
vile, Md, Harrisburg, Altoona ant
Pitcairns, Pa, Canton and Crestline
Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Richmond, In
dianapolis and Terre Haute, Ind.
is due in Terre Haute at 8 p. m. Jun
4, and will leave for the last lap o
it's journey the next day at a. m.
Throughout the journey each of tn
locomotives which are to be used il
1.-THE freight service on heavy grade
in the far west, will be manned by a.
: experienced engineer.
Many distinguished men from Penn
sylvania and adjoining states and o.
I, ficials of the Southern Pacific an
others attended exercises marking tn
| departure of the prosperity special.
THE trip has been made possible,
: said Mr. Vauclain, "by- the courage {
the Southern Pacific and Pennsylvani
t railroads. 1t marks the return {
prosperity to the nation, for prosperit
:. returns to the railroads after ever,
!, thing else.
"It also demonstrates the safety an
efficiency of the modern transports
e ton system and it will demonstrat
+ that the present bridges of this coul
ltry are the safest in the world"