Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1910 — New Fuel for Railroad. [ARTICLE]

New Fuel for Railroad.

Although the Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana railroad is only seven miles long, it is a pioneer in the use of natural gas as a fuel for locomotives. The one engine of the system, after burning coal and oil, is now using natural gas to get up steam, and it is asserted that the last is the best of all. There are neither cinders, smoke or smell incident to its combustion and steam Ib kept up with a ctegularity that would be the delight of any engineer. A saving of twenty-five per cent. Is effected by the use of gas. To the regular tender, now useless except as a carrier of water, a standard gas tank is attached. Whether natural gas can be used to advantage by locomotives on long runs has not been determined. *