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Show FOUR LARGE ENGINES ' GO WEST Four of the large Mallet compound freight engines for the Southern Pacific Pa-cific read arrived Saturday night and were sent west Saturday night and day. The new engines weigh 600,000 pounds and are similar to the large steam monsters sent west last fall for service over the Sierra Nevndas. The four engines were dead-headed over the Salt Lake division and will go into service as oil burners on the Sacramento division between Sparks 1 and Blue Canyon Foi:r cngineB of a similar character are expected for service between () den and Evanston In the near future and these will be coal burners. |