Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — To Haul Ninety Cars of Coal. [ARTICLE]

To Haul Ninety Cars of Coal.

Last Saturday the C. & E. I. road of which the old Indiana Coal Road, which runs through this county is now a branch received one of the five monster freight engines ordered some time ago from the Pittsburg locomotive works, at their shops at Danville. The engine was set on the siding and soon was surrounded by an immense crowd of people, w\& were amazed at the immense size of the machine. The largest engine now in service, on the C. & E. I. has 225 flues, but these new iron horses will eclipse them, having 350 flues and the fire box is an enormous depth', being eighteen feet, eight inches long. The cab is built entirely of steel, and each engine is supplied with the latest modern improvements. One of these engines will be tested on the coal road branch, and if it does all that it is claimed for them ninety loads —more will be put into service on that line. They are expected to haul 90 cars of coal.