Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — Life of a Locomotive. [ARTICLE]

Life of a Locomotive.

The life of a locomotive is from twenty to thirty years. Some have lasted much longer, the Baltimore and Ohio’s old “grass hoppers” for instance, which were shown at the World’s Fair. They were built in 1881) and were used as switchers at Mount Claire as late as last spring. Of course, certain parts of an engine wear out. quickly and have to be renewed from time to time, but the frame," the boiler and the wheels are good for many years of service. Perhaps the high rates of speed at which trains now run njay shorten the careers of engines, but as the new machines are built heavier and stronger than their predecessors it is probable that they will “live” as long as those before them.—[Baltimore News. The world’s sugar plantations produce every year 6,000,000 tons of sugar.