COMPOUND EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE 1893

     

    

     This engine was built for the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, and is of the ten wheel type, although there are twelve wheels under the engine.

     It is a two cylinder compound, cylinders 21" and 31" by 26" stroke, driving wheels 74" dia.; heating surface 1788 square feet. Weight of engine in working order 150,000 lbs.

     This engine was exhibited at the Worlds Fair Chicago and attracted universal attention.

 

 

 

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