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Show . . , His Locomotives. Philadelphia I'ecord. The Baldwin locomotive works of Philadelphia Phila-delphia has just completed for the freight service of the Erie railway the largest compound locomotive in the world. The weight of the engine is l'ft.OOO pounds, exclusive of the tender, ten-der, lt has three pairs of driving wheels si?ity-tw-o inches iu diameter. The weight on these wheels, which is the measure of the Fower of the locomotive, is 107,000 pounds, t length is fifty-six feet and height sixteen feet. It is expected that this engine can be run at a saving of from :i0 to 40 per cent over the size single expansion engine. But, after all, the Erie's new locomotive will not appear so big when the Baldwin company has constructed for the same company, live new ones which are to weight 177,000 pounds each. |