BIG FOUR GIANT locomotives the mg big four railroad has haa recently roe received elved from the builders four 8 wheel passenger locomotives to haul their fast bialas these engines are in every eiery respect models ot of their kind hind and are probably the largest fastest most powerful and beat looking pas bonger engines in any part of tho the country and are a crullo to the management and their designer mr wm garstang of 0 motive pomer power ot of the dig big and tho the schenectady locomotive works their builders bul the engines are now in pipe or rod to roar mar their 8 symmetry ini metry tho the material used timed in tho the construction ot of these thesa machines to la tho the finest anest of 0 its ita lelnd and tile the greatest care wils exercised in both tho the tests teata and workmanship workman slip to insure every part being perfect the delving wheel cen tors steam cheat and covers cylinder heads beads toot foot plates platen auxiliary dome driving boxes and spring beata are all of 0 cast steel while tho the dome eft castings stings stack base boiler front cylinder castings and tender truck framon frames are steel deteel the boiler la is extended qa I 1 jnnny ta 7 jg i u t ji yi bis bi S ONE OF TUB THE NEW locomotives vice between st louis and cleveland on the fastest and heaviest trains making the time and doing it easier than was ever accomplished before on this run in design designing ling these engines it was wag necessary to make a machine combining great power with high speed and easy caby running avoiding all jerk to the train an unnecessary strain on the track this has been accomplished to such buch tin an ea c it that both engine and tender while at the highest spaced ride with the greatest steadiness and so BO soft and easy a motion that the en gine elto claim not to tic be at all tired at the end of their run thebe noble machines stand 15 feet high from top of rail to top of cab and 9 feet 9 inches to center of boiler which aich with daiv ing wheels 78 indies inches and truck and tender wheels 31 26 inches in diameter show trim and powerful without an wagon top with taber back 62 inches diameter at sinal smallest lest ring and 78 inches diameter at the throat built to carry a wagon magon pies pleasure sure of pounds per square inch among the special articles are balance valves jerome me metallic tallio packing coals coale muffler kunkle open pops pope air operated bell ringer arenth springs ings mach sanding banding device gold steam heat injector janney couplers and I 1 ox parsed steel tend tender or truck frames some ot of the principal dimen aro are as follows weight lounds cl blinders inders inches boiler ca inches tubes diameter 2 inel ancle es tubes number ot of fire box width 41 inces fire box length inches sorting pressure pounds heating beating tendre aaker capacity pallor i tender coal capacity 10 tons ton tender trucks pressed steel