Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1917 — FIRELESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FOR SAFETY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRELESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FOR SAFETY

In the yards of a wood-preserving plant at Orrville, 0., a flreless steam locomotive is employed as a safeguard against conflagrations. The engine Is Interesting not only because It is of unfamiliar type, but on account of. the fact that one of the first of Its kind was the subject of much speculation a few years ago when displayed at an Italian exposition. At that time its practicability had yet to be proved. Tlie locomotive does not generate the steam It uses, for Its main part consists of a large cylinder—instead of a

firebox and boiler—that holds a sufficient quantity of steam under heavy pressure for eight or more hours of operation. Steam is developed at a power plant and pumped into the reservoir before the beginning of the day’s vork. The piston cylinders are placed at the rear beneath the cab, instead of at the front of the engine, for the purpose of balance. . The locomotive in the yards at Orrville weighs 22 tons and puH.<al)but a dozen steel gondola cars, fully loaded.—Popular Mechanics.