LIQUID FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES IN AMERICA
The first train that ever ran west of the Alleghany Mountains with crude petroleum as the only foql m Its locomo. ttve tender and fire box waa the mall ttain west on the Pennsylvania Railroad that arrived m Pittsburgh on Jane 18th. It came ftom Altoona on time, and it came without a otick of timber or a Hdutlle of coal to make steam for its motor. There waa entire uniformity of heat m the fire box, without any stoking to make it. The pipes from 200 gallons of crude petroleum oil Ia a tank m a tender did the bisines3. The experlmen was a complete oucoeßs. Splendid tima was made, and there was no annoyance irom imoke or cinders. Experimoit* In thia Hue have been quietly progressing under Pennßylvania Kailroad ausploei at Altoona, but this ia the first time thelong ran to Pittsburgh, has been attempted with only oil for fuel. The process is the invention of a Russian ecientiat, »nd Dr Dudley, of the AHjoon,a, ebopa. hi* been developipg It, *
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 21 November 1887, Page 2
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178LIQUID FUEL FOR LOCOMOTIVES IN AMERICA Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 21 November 1887, Page 2
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