Improved Locomotives.
Much interest has been excited among engineers by the construction, under the direction of the Russian Government, of a special type for the Transcaspian Railwa}^ and built so as to meet two difficulties, viz., the waterless character of a large section of the line, and the insignificant; ordinarjr traffic. To meet the former the locomotive* car iB provided with tankß containing sum*cent water to last seventy miles ; and, as the waterless stretch from Michaelovsk to Kazautchik is about fifty mites in length, this supply is amply sufficient under any, contingencies that may occur. With re^ gard to the second difficulty, the locomotive i8 constructed with a car connected to it, and capable of conveying eighty paßsengers. The locomotive car is warmed by the exhaust steam from the engine, by which ar> rangement an important economy in tho ronsamption of fuel results.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 188, 22 January 1887, Page 3
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143Improved Locomotives. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 188, 22 January 1887, Page 3
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