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TRANSPORTATION OX LAND BY VEHICLES: —THE VEHICLES 



Consolidation type of logging locomotive. Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, Ohio. 



are vertical and are centrally located between the rail. The boiler is a combination upright 

 and horizontal. 



Direct connected, or rod locomotives. With grades not e.xceeding 5 per cent for any considerable 

 distance, the rod locomotive is invariably preferred on the main line. Types like the Mogul 

 (2 leading truck wheels, 6 drivers, no trailing trucks), like the Consolidation (2 leading truck 

 wheels, eight drivers, no trailing trucks) and like the Prairie (2 leading truck wheels, 6 drivers, 

 2 trailing truck wheels) are preferred. The tanks may be "saddle tanks," "side tanks" or 

 "rear tanks." The drivers should be small, the boiler power ample, and the weight per driver 

 about 19,000 lbs., with 60-lb. rail. 



Discarded passenger engines are unfit for logging. The modern lumberman buys an 

 entirely new outfit, all from one and the same responsible firm, all specially designed to meet 

 his own particular task. The firm supplying the outfit should have a depository of repair parts 

 at a distance not too far from the point of operations. The price of a logging rod engine 

 ranges, according to size, approximately between •''2,500 and ■-■•10,000. In the pineries, a 

 35 -ton locomotive is customary. 



The Mallet. The progressive West is introducing the articulated Mallet locomotive (Baldwin 

 Locomotive Works), weighing over 100 tons and designed to operate on 35-lb. rails, 20 degree 

 curves, and 8 per cent grades. The Mallet consists, practically speaking, of two complete 



Prairie type of logging locomotive. Davenport Locomotive Works, Davenport, Iowa. 



