Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — First to Burn Pulverized Coal. [ARTICLE]

First to Burn Pulverized Coal.

The first locomotive of any considerable size to be fitted up in the United States or Canada (and, so far as known, In the world) with successful apparatus for burning pulverized coal in suspension was a ten-wheel type engine. This engine has cylinders 22 Inches in diameter by 26 inches stroke. Driving wheels, 69 inches diameter. Boiler pressure, 200 pounds. Heating surface, 2,649 square feet. Grate area, 65 feet. It is equipped with a Schmidt superheater and has a tractive effort of 31,000 pounds. It was converted into a pulverized fuel burner in the early part of 1914. Set entitle American.