Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1913 — Most Powerful Locomotive. [ARTICLE]

Most Powerful Locomotive.

Locomotives juqt built for the Virginian railway are claimed to be the most powerful in the world. The locomotive and tender weigh 752,000 pounds, the fire box is large enough to hold a donkey switching engine, and the weight on the sixteen driving wheels is estimated to be 470.200 pounds, ft is estimated that these locomotives will haul 155 loaded 50ton freight cars at 10 miles an hour.