Show THE HEAVIEST 13 0 TRAIN hen the recel rec elven veri of the baltimore ohio railroad began the now famous series of improvement improvements of the cal eat condition of the e tire et cm em their object was to increase both the train load an and the number ot revenue ton tons per mile and at the same time reduce the cost ot of transportation much mach has been done and by tte tle low ering ring ot at graded gradet elimination ot of curves laying ot of new steel rail ralls and the pur chase b ll 11 se of heavy motive power they have ve very ry materially added to the number nu aber ot of mrs per der train hut bill it 11 vaa as not until the ith of march larch last that a demon It ration was made ot of what might be ot of the new baltimore ohio railroad enough new 60 ton capacity steel cars had been dell delivered ered to give the operating department a R chanc chance to 1 experiment experiment fitly etcel steel care cars each we weighing sighing 31 pound pounds were loaded with an average ot of 93 98 pounds ot of coal to them was coupled a new 2223 inch consolidation loco mothe we belching wel ching lobing 00 0 0 pounds and having 54 1 inch driving wheels the start was made from cumberland sid and the destination as brunswick md on t the b e second divise division 0 1 in his report oen gen eral superintendent su perin tend e n it Ht I 1 itzgerald zerald bas the train waa was pulled with comparative ease and that the class of engines used will be able to handle 50 care ot at 50 tons capacity each on that division without trouble hitherto the train load on that division has been unite units I 1 ot of 64 6 tons each or about 2 tons a 10 40 per cent increase over flat of 0 fire years ao the ZO car train was corn com buted as containing units or 6 pounds gross the net weight of coal in the train va was as 4 pounds it was by far the heaviest hed vleet train ever bandied handled ner the line and demonstrate demon strat aed ed that heavy power poser modern equip men t with safety appliances an and I 1 a good track man mean more revenue tom 0 u per mile and a decreased cost of at trans it port atlon tation ILA 11 I 1 A |