Show MALLET TO inn A vu im TAKE SUMMIT PULL four of the largest type of mallat mail compound locomotives basped through price friday and friday night to soldier summit for service on the elo rio grande between helper and the summit of the wasatch range ahe en an gines stines look like battleship and really are rm about twice the lize size of the big hog gere now no in use on the division many new features were observed by those who were fortunate enough to see them when they went through the grand junction news says f them A consignment of three more are due to arrive in the near future this will mean a total of six of these powerful locomotive locomotives will be used in push ing the beavy mala line ana trains over the grades west of her bore four of the ten in this order will be ii red ed on an the ten pass grade some of the interesting measurements and nd specifications of thase monster ico locomotives come tives are as SO follows the coal Is fed into the engine by means of a me ch chanilal anical stoker which is propelled by steam the operating steam pressure tre is 2 10 pound pounds 40 pound pounds more than ordinary engines the tender holds about 13 15 ton tons of coal and gallons of water the length over all from tender coupling to pilot is feet total weight of each engine is weight on drivers drive wheels are 07 57 inches in diameter |