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Show More Equipment for Baltimore & Olilo. The improvements that have been made on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Rail-road during the past two years have rendered it possible to operate cars o a heavier capacity than have been in use in the past and the receivers have just ordered from the Schoen Pressed Steel Company of Pittsburg 1,000 steel coal cars of a capacity of 100,000 pounds each. These cars will be used for the seaboard trade and are expected ex-pected to be in service during the early part of 1899. In addition to these cars the receivers have also ordered from the Pittsburg Locomotive Works 50 more of the consolidated locomotives with 22x28 inch cylinders. |