Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-12-06
OIL BURNERS TO
Be INSTALLED BY
GREAT NORTHERN

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used by the Great Northern railway
between Cut Bank and Havre, the far
thest point east the road has ever IN
stalled an oil terminal, within = short
time, according to information givsn
out recently by w. r. Smith, general
superintendent of the central district.
Necessary construction work at Havre
for the installation of new equipment
made necessary by the change will be
started Immediately.
Installation of oil burners between
Cut Bank and Havre is continue
ton of a change made last summer
when engines of this type were put
into use between Spokane and Cut
Bank. During the war oil burners
formerly in use between Spokane and
the west coast were discontinued and
soon after their restoration last year
the service was extended east Of Cut
Bank. The forthcoming extension -
Havre does not include any portion Of
the Butte division.
The new equipment necessary 1t
Havre represents an expenditure By
the railway in Montana Of approxi-
mately $4,000. 1t will be necessary
to install storage tank, unloading
summit tank, unloading racks and en-
gine supply columns. In addition,
there will be considerable amount cf
new trackage necessary and othsr
minor changes at the high line tar~
minal.
While this move of the Great
Northern means slightly increased
demand for fuel oil, Montana will not
be affected by the change in her oil
fields, according to Superintendsnt
Smith. Fuel oil for all the Great
Northern locomotives is purchased on
the coast, shipped TO the various tsr-
minals Of the railway and there stored
in tanks until used.
Great Northern coal burners have
been requiring approximately 10 cars
Of coal day in Montana. Much of
this was mined In the region Of Belt,
Sand Coulee and Stockett. Coal burn
ers will remain In use on the Butte d.
vision and east Of Havre on the main
line and the demand for coal from
county mines viii be only
slightly smaller than at present.
There are no plans under way now
for installing oil burners on the Butte
division, Superintendent Smith stated,
although he said that this might -
possible in the future.
Six oil burners in all will be in use
between Cut Bank and Hsvre. It win
not be necessary to purchase any 10
comotives to carry the new plan into
effect, said Mr.. Smith. Engines from
western divisions will be put into NE
until the old coal burners are over
hauled and converted into oil burners.
New locomotives, however, 30 Of
them in all, have been purchased by
the Great Northern and delivery of
the order is scheduled to start the
first of the year.
engines, the last word in locomotive
power. They are several feet longer
than the older type, measuring 100
feet, a 1-S inches from coupler to
coupler.
A fair idea Of their mammoth
is gained in the capacity
If their water tanks. These new 2-1O-2
ypes, as they are technically known,
iave water tank with capacity Of
5000 gallons, where the old ordin-
Try type carried from 5000 to 500
yallons. This will eliminate many Of
he small stops now necessary and
will have the effect Of speeding up the
time of the trains.
The engines, which have been or
lered from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, gain their queer name, 2-10-2,
rom the wheels They are built with
/ four-wheel truck directly behind ths
,ilot, and similar truck beneath tAe
ab, each showing two wheels on =
ide. The 10 part of the name comes
rom the big drivers or driving wheels
o in number. The tenders Of the en-
lines are so large that they srs
quipped with two six-wheel trucks,
yhiIe the ordinary locomotive carries
tender on two four-wheel trucks.