Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1912 — BRITISH OIL-FUEL LOCOMOTIVE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRITISH OIL-FUEL LOCOMOTIVE

In the accompanying illustration is shown one of the great number of oilburning locomotives at present in use on the Caledonian railway, operating trains through England and Scotland. The oil is stored in a cylindrical tank carried on the. tender where coal is

ordinarily stored. The oil flows from the tank to the engine which force it into the fire box at separate points, where it mingles with steam from the boiler, thereby creating a cheap fuel. —Popular Mechanics. .

New Type of Oil-Fuel Locomotive, Adopted by One of the Great British Railroads, the Fuel being Kept in a Cylindrical Tank on the Tender.