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variety of combustion chambers, baffle plates, and other devices of a similar nature. The Pennsylvania Railroad as has been indicated did its share in determining the value of these various appliances. Experience fully demonstrated that success in burning coal depended quite as much upon the skill and care of the fireman as upon the special equipment used on the locomotive; and that it was
Ten-wheeled Freight Locomotive, buit by Richard Norris & Son, 1864

Ten-wheeled Freight Locomotive, built by Richard Norris & Son, 1864
Cylinders, 17" x 24", Drivers, diam., 54". Weight on drivers, 58,000 lb. Weight, total engine, 75,000 lb.
useless to fill a boiler with devices that were expensive to maintain, even though, when in good order, they were effective in   the Alleghenies, had been established with the opening of the railroad, for the express purpose of housing the principal shops of
Four-wheeled Switching Locomotive, Baldwin, 1866

Four-wheeled Switching Locomotive with separate Tender. built by

The Baldwin Locomotive Works. 1866
Cylinders, 14" x 22". Drivers, diam. 50". Weight, total engine, about 42,000 lb.
Four engines of this class built 1866-1867.
the System. These shops were becoming steadily developed and enlarged, and represented at this comparatively- early date, as they do now, the highest development of the railroad shop.  Altoona, as early as 1860, had  become a household word among .American railroad managers, and the quality of the work turned out at its shops was generally recognized for its excellence. 
     It is interesting to note, in this connection, that on February 25, 1856, Andrew C. Vaulclain, father of Samuel M. Vauclain, now President of The Baldwin Locomotve Works, entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona,
reducing smoke.  The value of the firebrick arch, especially when using high volatile   and served in various executive capacities in the engine houses and shops until his
coal, was fully demonstrated in the Pennsylvania tests; and this device is today generally recognized as an essential part of the equipment of coal burning locomotives. 
     While these developments  in locomotive design and  construction were taking place, equipment for the maintenance of the motive power and rolling stock was not being neglected. The town of Altoona, Pa., at the base of the eastern slope of
   
American Type Passenger Locomotive, built at Altoona Shops, 1867

American Type Passenger Locomotive, built at Altoona Shops, 1867
Cylinders, 16" x 24".  Weight on drivers (empty), 38,150 lb.
Drivers, diam., 61". Weight. total engine (empty), 61,100 lb.


 
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