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d the steam is also highly superheated before it entersthe steam cylinders. An auxiliary engine known as a booster isattached to the rear truck for increasing the hauling power when start-ing heavy trains and climbing steep grades. The locomotive is reversedby a power operated device which relieves… … The Prosperity Special. It was only possible to haul twenty of these heavy locomotivesin a single train, and it required several pulling and pushing locomo-tives on level stretches, while in passing over the Allegheny Mountainswest of Altoona, additional helping power was needed. No less thansix…
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