h engine No. 999, built espe- a patent issued to an Englishman named Thompson, are 205 square feet in the firebox, the total heating surface reaches the enormous area of 4,322 square feet. and modified somewhat by the present experimenters. cially for hauling the Empire State express of the The… … eter by 26 inches stroke, which, on divisions having Built in 18381. heavy grades, are capable of successfully handling trains made up of eight Pullman cars. But the exhibited at the Chicago World’s Fair. Yet, to-day it passenger traffic has increased so rapidly that ten or square feet. The maximum…
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