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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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ction (USNM 311340). The first group of this type of streamliner, which was theconception of George McCormick and Frank E. Russell ofthe Southern Pacific, was completed by the Lima Locomo-tive Works in January 1937. The first run with one of thesestreamliners was made on March 21 with the Coast Day-light passenger train between San Francisco and LosAngeles. Of the total of 50 essentially similar locomotives of thisstreamlined class, the Southern Pacific still had 49 in No-vember 1954, only No. 4414 having been authorized forscrapping. At that time, these locomotives had averagedapproximately 13,000 miles a month since being placed inservice, although many had completed over 15,000 miles inparticularly productive months. The earlier ones, repre-sented by this model, developed 4,500 horsepower at 55miles an hour and had a top speed of 90 miles an hour,although 75 was the highest allowable operating speed. Theywere able to maintain a 9%-hour schedule between SanFrancisco and Los Angeles.
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Figure 77.—Model of Lima Northern-type locomotive, 1937. 353689 O -56 -8 97 The locomotive and tender are 108 feet long, and weigh835,000 pounds in operating condition. The fuel is bunkertype C oil. A boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inchis employed. The cylinder bore is 27 inches, the stroke 30.The eight drivers are 73 inches in diameter, and the driv-ing wheelbase is 20 feet. The later streamlined 4-8-4s of theSouthern Pacific develop 5,500 horsepower at 55 miles anhour, and operate on a boiler pressure of 300 pounds persquare inch. General Electric Locomotive, 1938 A nonoperable model (figure 78) of the first of six2-C + C-2 streamlined electric locomotives built by theGeneral Electric Co. for The New York, New Haven andHartford Railroad Co. was made especially for the Museumcollection (USNM 311880) by the builder of these locomo-tives. The model, constructed in the Bridgeport, Conn., plantof the General Electric Co. and presented to the Museum in1940, is of plaster paint

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