Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — USE LOCOMOTIVES FOR HEAT [ARTICLE]

USE LOCOMOTIVES FOR HEAT

Large New Jersey Plant Saved Necessity of Shutting Down by Two Railroad Engines. A large manufacturing plant at Arlington, N. J., was cold as a refrigerator one winter’s morning, and there was no immediate relief In sight. It seemed as if the three eight-hour shifts of 3,000 employees might have to be dismissed. There was no time to install a new heating plant; besides that would have been too costly. The superintendent wanted Just enough steam to furnish heat for a few hours. Two Erie locomotives were placed on a side track, a steam line connection was made between- t,he hot water pipes and- the steam dome of each engine, and the plant was heated at an expense of SSO for the day, which was the cost of the engine and fuel. Valves -were placed to enable the source of steam to be controlled. Cold water was supplied to the tenders by an underground pipe. Popular Science Monthly.