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Show II POWERFUL ENGINES. m B ? Hioy of Them are Hamls ot Strenp, H t. Speed and Beaatj. illlSdlUTION OKhOMF, OK THEM. All Anxlnualr Awaited Tcl or a I.nle U. I'. I'niliicllonnt Umatia. lur llio Mountain llltMou. Bomo of the recent matloni In the M ; form of aleam onifllica are inarrela of H . itronjth, tptrd and Uauty, lUllroaJ M companlra ovrrywhfre throughout tlio S Unit U Htalca aro undeaTorlnK to out- rival each other In the mailer of w H curing Ihcae mighty uiachtiiea for H, thtlrroada. Hf Theenglneattachedtotheapeclaltraln H' wliloli conveyed the Halt lnke City H J! Council to Haltalr beach and rolurn the B j other day would appear to tw alnloit B ) lerfect. Ita Keneral appearance waa Rb i auoh aa to call forlh numiroua rzprri- HM I lions, of admiration from all who made M even auperflclal eiauilnatlon ol II. H i On the level trnckeof theao valloyi It Bu can draw an ordinary pmenger tralu BVc at the alarming rate of ninety mllea en aHliEl our. Byi The Jllo Orande Wcltern has been H i! iqulpped with the inoit powerful pai B longer engine In aervlce In the Weet, H jut the Union l'aclflo I now prepar- H a 'Dg to teat magnificent engine re- Hyl cently turned out ot Its Onmha ma, B . chine ihopa. It waa detlgned hy J, H. II, McL'onuell, who wai In thlt Lake rn not long ago. The engine la of the Hvj ten-wheel type, hllO: I Inch oylin H dere, a boiler 04 Inchra In diameter i I with 300 fluei and weighs 70 Hl tons, 120,000 pounds rrsllng H , on the UrlvlDg wheels, the dlame- B tar of which la fit Inches. It 1 wilt bo used on the mountain dlvl H sloo. It Is believed that It will tollae H' I all lis predeceisura and the teat Is H I awaited Willi Internet by the olllcera ot H tbe Union Kaclllo syatein. B The railroad ahupe at Altoona, l'a., l' have Juit oompluod a blglooumotlvr, PPIt which dwarfs the "mogul" englnts BssB used on Western lines. Ills tnteudid I for pawenger icrvlie on the l'ennsyl. vanlaroad. It It anticipated that the new eoglne wlllouUtrlpallcumintitora PPPpw In the matter of aimed, so that Iho re- j ault of the forthcoming trial In actual M aervlce will be looked lo with Interest by those connected with railroad H! The drlvn wheels of the new locomo. tMmmi tlvearuaevoi fret In diameter. They IV 5 are of the four coupled style, aud ea.cli H 9 pair Iwara up a weight of twenty tutu. 1 The fuur bugle wheels are each three H I and oni'balf feet In dlamUer nnd Hsi carry iwenty.flvo tons. Tho Utal H Height of the engine alone Is HViOO mWmmw pounds, and Ihu tender weighs b,J4ii i Kuuiis when In ordinary ruuutug 9; condition. The total weight of euglne BHF1 aud tender Is iilnety.slx Ions. HHB' The enutue Is of the compound Y I pattern. Thu dlamuter of the hlgh HHHf pressure cylinder at the left hand side ) I Is 101 Inches. The low.pretaure HKW. 1 cylluuer has a diameter of St Inches. A! I Ine stroke Is S luolite. Tho working 1 I pressure of the boiler Is IOi) pounds to P, ' thetijuareluch. T he boiler 1,6 feel In j'' dlaineler aud i7 feet long. The fire B( box la I) feel lone aud 4D Inches wide, BHH.l Inside measurement. the height aHflv I'oni tbe rail to thu holtum of the mWmil boiler Is a;', feit, so that a tall, man lHHHlt could walk uuder It without stooping. fhWI ThltlucoKiollvelscjntliiiuted strict. rBBBIl Jy on the AmerUau pattern, the coin H parallve value of whh.li, aa oppoeol to tBBpKvi be Jlrlllsh patlem, has been warmly flMHH argued In the ojIuiiius of thevarlous 'tlHHjIl teohnlcaljournalsof tbe twut'ouutrles, iBBH It Is admitted that Amerloau locotuo nH lives burn more coal than the lnglisti, 'mmmmj'. but It la urguod that the former do ,aRRW more work In proportion to tnelr silo jTBflB and wolght tbau tbe Intter, aud are vBji mure euouomloal, lountlug all us. ?9ViS( peuses. JmHjf In thu Uullud Btati a reoorJ waa T'mWMMt' lil'1'' "' l4'iii ioojiinuvm. Their ;SBFBT1'. aitrecato mliuau laityrir wmolO,- (1 tS'J,13) miles, an averugo ot .15, MJ jMvB1 miles tor each eugluw. 1'rte average aBB; coiKUmptlon of loal per mlln waa SB 74 Ud pounds. The average coat of MBB.l ropulrapir mllo war 4 HJueuu; mUoel SHVBjr laneous supplies, suoh as wnitp. oil, VSfll i'lo., U.3J cent, wages of engineer aud SBVBjl llreiimu, 7 tiO ceuu. l'hv tnul uvira,e HB1 unit of ruuul it eioU loojiujllvo was JWbkB I 13-h7 """" V" mllr' jHM I Thu Kugllsn stailitlca give thu per. WMwMm 1 formaiiues of 11, bib Kugllah low Mi'l mitlvei, whloh imvuIuJ HI,I!J,UU HBl mllea lait ear, au uvuragu ol 1J,I0U IBBmH!1 mllrsfor each loconollvo. The avor- iHHMHl age amount of coal ojuiuuiel liy uscli IBbBWi locomotlvo ;ivr mile was 3J.d n uuda. IBBBBBi Tuo total luatol ruunlug llio Kugllah (HbI locomotive!, luoludlug fuel, wuge, rr IHlH pairs, etc., was eelimuted ut 10 31) Ienta. The averairu number ot freight ursto ouch American freight tralu la aVtosajpM 1 14. weighing, exclusive ol uugmo w and lender, nn an average hsA Log. Iish ton. With a view toglvlng n comparative show I g of the work of American nnd Uugllih loconiotlva,obatvatloua liavu Iren taken uf an ordinary frrlght train in the, New York Central railroad nnd an ordinary llrltlah goods train on tbo Norlh llrlllih railway. Tno roult Is at follows! Tho American locomotive waa of Die ordinal mogul palicru with 04 Inch driving wheel aud cylinders 19 hy SO Indite. The loco motive weighed ua.UVO iounUs. The lllllleh locomolivo was of the favorite i;glleh pattern romp iiind, with six wlieele, all ilrlvlm; wheels and all mupled. 'the locomotive weighed ), 43U pounds without the tender. Tho I iad pulled hy the American locomo. live was 1:12 Ions. The walght of the Kiiulldi Iralu, rioluslveof theenglni-, was 23.1.3 tone. The weight 01 tho Amerloai, Iriln wsa 22.0 limes the weight of Iho locomotive aud the weight of llie llrlllih train waa six tlnira the weight of the locomotive. Tbe Ame lean engine consumed 1.7.7 pounds of coal per mile. ThuKnglUli iooimotlvn burned ton pounds er mile. Thocostif haullug each ton ol tile American train Wat ,lu5 ceiila per mile; of theanglUh, .25 1 cent". Kach year wilnthjea Iho construction of larger and heavier locomotive to kropiarewlth the Increasing volume ol tralllo ovnr tho trunk linos. A freight locomotive recently built fr thu Chicago, llurllngton fc (Julncy Itallroad ha ten driving wheels. Tho holler la 01 Inches III diameter. It hat 220 tuliea, each "', Imhre In dinmeter. The cyliiilrrt aro of unusual sue, Ik lug 3 luche Ih diameter nn I Si Indies stroke. Thetolnl weight of the engine, exclusive ex-clusive of Iho tender, Is 130,5)0 Ita. A peculiar feature of ttieeuglua Is thu absence of n truck, which throws the eullro wolght uon the driving wneult. Thla locomotive was designed more particularly at a uiher locomotive that Is, 0110 used to help heavy trains over steep grades. This latest addition to the rolling trek of Hi Pennsylvania rallrovl has bem made at an exjierltueut, theeuo-feii theeuo-feii of which has hren pntty mpII as silted by competent engineer. It will receive a thorough trial during the bexlfew weeks, uuil careful olserva lions of Ita speed and relative economy of furl will be tikeu. Ufllcers ol the railway say that the present condition of the road will require no alteration on account of the weight of the loo motive, but that Ihuateelralla now I, meuresuniclently heavy for the trallU', and no luinase In weight Is niulred. The reaultt achieved hy Iholargu driving driv-ing wheela for light ptaaellger engine) la giving encouragement to the ten dency uf locomotive delgun to In crease the walght of the eindnee, and tho number and dlimUor of the wheels, for psiseiiger service. |