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Identifier: americanengine70newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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markable. I believe that the locomotive of 30 years ago wouldprobably travel as fast as the locomotive of 1895, so far as theprinciple of construction is concerned. It is possible for anyrailroad that has a sufficiently good roadbed to make almostany speed that is desired; but there is an economical limitwhich should not be exceeded. The President asked Mr. Ely if he would tell them about cer-tain express trains of which he had been speaking in privateshortly before, and Mr. Ely in reply said: We have a class oftrains in America that are called newspaper trains. They areleased or hired by the great metropolitan dailies to carry the earlymorning papers to seaside resorts, and the train which I spoke toyou about made a run of 58,^5 miles in 4.5; minutes. That waswithout any special preparation. I mean to say the locomotivewas one of those used in regular service on these trains. Theaverage speed is between 76 and 77 miles an hour for the wholedistance. 248 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER
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o X \o _E 00 <n rt ♦^ .c 3 Q. flf) k*- 3 o < o O. O h- bn rt •o H 3 m o Q. f O CO ■o 03 m E5 O •u m GO K i AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 249 he United States Armored Cruiser Brooklyn. On Aug. 27, the United States armored cruiser Brooklyn un-derwent a very successful trial trip off the Massachusetts coast,developing an average speed of 31.9117 knots per hour over theentire course of 83 miles and reaching a maximum of 33.90 knots,which was maintained for some miles. By this performance thevessel takes a position at the head of her class among the naviesof the world, and also earns a premium of $350,000 for herbuilders, the Wm. Cramps & Sons Ship and Engine Company, ofPhiladelphia. It is to be noted that during the trial trip themachinery worked so well that no heating or cutting of bearingstook place. In the full-page engraving accompanying this article we give aview of the vessel taken during the trial trip, and in Fig. 2 weshow two half cross-sections through the

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  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Railroad_engineering
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  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Railroad_cars
  • bookpublisher:New_York___M_N__Forney
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
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