| Show ENGINE ON OCEAN locomotive VERY MUCH OU e OF ITS ELEMENT r engaged in construction of florida railroad set new rec ord Sixty mile tow a nerve strainer it la IS not the easiest taste task in the worm world to roll a locomotive on a barje barc tow it ponie 60 miles out to spa sea and put pat ashare on a small email island iBl all intact ani and ready for instant me but bilut this was one ona of the obstacles root met with as a the work progressed and la in the construction of the extension ot of tile the florida vast last coast railway now building miles across the be florida keys from miami to ow one ot of the westernmost land links at 0 the chala chaincey cha inKey key west wesl while the woric of bridging the intervening channels han nels between the keys was progressing the 15 miles ot of railroad on the solid ground bed of key largo the longest of the chain of islands called the llor florida lda cyb I and neacy halfway halt way out to sea eca be tho the mainland and aad the proposed railway terminus was waa under way and ready for the services of a locomotive necessary to assist in a the completion mm how locomotive Lomot lv went to sea of the island railroad but how was thle this big cumbersome engine to be transported across to the key the connecting line of grado grade was not completed so that the engine coald b be run out over the several smaller islands and intervening bridges under its lt own stean so eci tho the only feasible method seemed to be by a eft 60 mile tow the advantages or disadvantages of which were discussed pro and con by tho men in charge it was de tided to experiment three parallel tracks were bild lild on oa a huge barge and this latter backed up to the wharf also aleo laid alth a track three flat flatcars cara cars were run on each of the two outer on an the barge and the ponderous ocomo i tive tire was shunted in between them avery v m hoel boel was waa securely wedged and blocked the flat cars acting tw as a guard should the engine refuse to submit to being towed to sea eca and surcharged surch with latent indignation India nation be unable to restrain itself and to leave the track lines were made fast fant to a puffy little tug which encouraged toy by the chebis a of the wor workmen hinen started off bravely with tier her burden like an ant tugging togging at a brea her high as if to challenge the ocean rollers and her taff rall nearly submersed submerged by the pressure Buro of her towlines tow lines after a safe voyage tho the barre waa vas beached on the chores pf af key largo steam was generated in the bol boner lerand and on a track laid to receive it the loco boca 1 emotive slid from its fastenings to the scenes of its future labors the only f brigine of its class which ever enjoyed an ocean excursion excy |
