page_title: 4-2-0
hierarchical_section_title: 4-2-0
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: railwaylocomotiv17newy (find matches) Title: Railway and locomotive engineering&#160;: a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Railroads Locomotives Publisher: New York&#160;: A. Sinclair Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: t links of railroad builtclose to the banks of their own bigditch might be joined together in acontinuous chain extending from theocean to the lakes. The Mohawk &amp;Hudson, the Utica &amp; Schenectady, theSyracuse &amp; Utica and other smalllines reaching towards Buffalo werepermitted to proceed unmolested toeventually form a through line whichdried the heart of the Erie Canal and Give the Fireman a Chance. Quite frequently we see articles ofcriticism on firemen presumably fromengineers and there was one in partic-ular in your May issue. There is an old saying that a poorworkman always finds fault with thetools and we apply the same in thiscase. We have a number of engineers in the art of firing and we appreciatethe fact that Railway and LocomotiveEngineering has done its part in that ■line, but we dislike the idea of someone who perhaps never really fired anengine in his life endeavoring to tellhow to do it, or to describe how heused to do it. Ec-ing a constant reader of your val- Text Appearing After Image: HACKENSACK, BUILT BY ROGERS IN 1860. FOR N. Y. &amp; HACKENSACKBROAD GAUGE. NOW PART OF ERIE. all over the country who are continu-ally finding fault with the fireman, al-ways telling how it ought to be doneand perhaps if they were put to thetest they could not keep an ordinarycook stove hot. The fireman of to-day is up againsta pretty hard proposition and the workis hard enough without his being harp-ed upon by some one who if he did his uable magazine I thought I wouldwrite a few lines on this subject andhope no one will take oflfense at it. M. L. Houlihan. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle and no trailing wheels. This type of locomotive is often called a Jervis type, the name of the original designer.
context_section_description: Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle and no trailing wheels. This type of locomotive is often called a Jervis type, the name of the original designer.
caption: Hackensack and New York Railroad 4-2-0
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