Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1898 — Coal Used on Locomotives. [ARTICLE]

Coal Used on Locomotives.

It will perhaps Interest many readera to know how much fuel a locomotive burns. This, of course, depends upon the quality of fuel, the work done, the speed and the character of . the road. On freight trains the average consumption may be taken at about 1 to pounds of coal per car per mile. With pa isenger trains, the cars of which are heavier and the speed higher, the coal co lsumption is greater. A freight train of 30 cars at a speed of 30 miles an hejur would therefore burn from 900 to 1,350 pounds of coal per hour.