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Show NOTE WORKING OF ENGINE. Testing Device In Operation by an Eastern Railroad. An odd thing to bo seen ln tho opor. Ming department of tho New York, Now Hntcn and Hnrtford railroad Is what tho trainmen cnll n "bird box" engine. It Is a now and very powerful locomotlvo of tho compound typo, nnd It Is given the appearance sinus n In tho accompanying photograph by the erection of nn affnlr of wood over onu of tho cylinders, in which affair an Inspector In-spector sits and makes a record of tho working of the machinery nbout tho head end of the engine while it Is In motion nnd while the trnln Is speeding speed-ing on tho run between New York nnd Iioston. The operation Is being car. rlcd on for tho purjioso of making a comparative test of tho compound with tho now typo of "ten wheeled" slnglo cylinder engines which havo been put Into uso on this road. |