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Show ST." PJLUL "hCAD GETS BI6 ENGINES. UrgMt Onei Eer Built lo Be Used In flit Passengf Runt. Larger Trains anil JHc geheslalea Are Kiperteil lo lie Ihs llllroal Keauli. Several of what are claimed to ha the largest loi oinotlves ever construct- ed were ie.elvr.1 by toe Chicago. Mil- waukee and St. Paul mad yesterday. V In these dliys nf large endues each , frrsh consignment received by a rail- road during the pet year or two liss I bad the illntlm il'.n of b-liig the lurg- i est. While tbr.ie moii.ter locomotives have In a way ceased to cviie sur- i prise, those Just received by the St. I Paul road are retnai liable In theli dl- s? nienaluna. Kor example, the diameter i of the driving wheels Is eighty-four I nnd one-fourth Inches, or one-fourth of an Inch over sevi 11 feet. I Following Is a technical description I of the new giants: Diameter of driving wheels, 8t4 I Inches. ej Diameter nf compound cylinders, Z5 I and 16 Inches. j ,( Stroke of cylinders, 5" Inches. t Total length of engine, r,8 feet 11 , i Inches. T ' Steam capacity of boiler, 200 pound. j J Fir hex, S fect I Inches by 6 feet 6 1 1 Inches. j I Number of flues In holler, S.'.O. f 1 Heating surface, 3,2ir, square feet . II Capacity of tender. IS.OtIO pounds of ) coal and 7,000 gallons of water. I j Thinks rest Ttnue rossllite. I I General Passenger Agent Mlllor of I j th St. Paul Is enthusiastic over th li osw engines, alleging that they will I tend to revolutionize schedule and M power. He say they will bo capable I j of hauling fourteen or fifteen heavily. I I loaded coaches or sleepers sixty mile 1 an hour. Grade will be little or no obstruction to the leviathans. Th locomotives will be put In service ser-vice on the limited trains between Chicago and Milwaukee and between Chicago and Omaha. |
