Gunnison Valley News | 1929-04-11 | Page 7 | Engine Half a Block Long

Engine Half a Block Long Designed especially to burn. a grade ,if coal of comparatively low-heating value, a huge engine constructed for the Northern Pacific railway is 12 n feet long, weighs more than 1,0(K),0:0 pounds and has 34 wheels, including the 1- on the tender, says Popular Mechanics Me-chanics Magazine. An interesting feature fea-ture is the mechanical stoker which will crush, deliver, and distribute about the huge firebox, more than '--tons of coal an hour. It is expected that the locomotive will be able to haul, in one train, cars that are now made up into two.