The Baldwin Locomotive Works have jus entered into a contract with Colonel G. A. L. Roberts, of Titusville, for the construction of a passenger engine which will be able to run about 80 miles an hour, and maintain the rate for 100 miles without stopping. Tho locomotive is to weigh 38 tons, and will be of (standard guage. The driving wheels will bo eft. in diameter. The forward trucks and those on the tender will be made of paper, which, it is said, will endure more strain and wear than iron or steel.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2226, 16 April 1881, Page 4
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93Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2226, 16 April 1881, Page 4
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