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Identifier: americanrailwayt1908john (find matches)
Title: American railway transportation
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, Emory R. (Emory Richard), 1864-1950
Subjects: Railroads Railroads and state
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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Ealuwixs Tandem Compound Santa Fe Type Locomotive.Weight, engine and tender, about 450,000 pounds; tractive force 04,730 pounds. roadino. A locomotive weighing 200,000 pounds isnow not considered notably heavy, and some with theirtender weigh 500,000 pounds. In 1850 a locomotiveweighing more than 50,000 pounds w^as considered large.Fifty years since, a train-load of 200 tons w^ould have
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Baldwins Mallet OoMporND Articclated Locomotive.Weight, engine and tender, about 503,000 pounds; tractive force 71,700 pounds. been a heavy one to handle, but now^ 2,500 to 3,000tons are hauled over long distances by the largesttypes of freight-engines. The achievements in the in-crease of speed of locomotives have been less wonderful. 46 AMERICAN RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION but the schedule speed of 60 to 65 miles an hour for pas-senger-trains, now regularly maintained on many Amer-ican and European roads, is double the maximum rate

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  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Railroads_and_state
  • bookpublisher:New_York__D__Appleton_and_company
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