American Locomotive Company, Pamphlet No. 10044, Panama Pacific International Exposition
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY
STANDARD FOUR-WHEEL TANK LOCOMOTIVES
FOR CONTRACTORS, QUARRIES, MINES AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
The four-wheel connected saddle tank locomotives exhibited, which are illustrated on pages 6 and 8, represent the American Locomotive Company's new standard designs for Contractors, Quarry, Mine, Industrial and other special service. On page 10 is shown a table giving the different sizes of this type of locomotive which are kept constantly in stock at our Works.
The four-wheel type of locomotive, with all the weight on the driving wheels, gives the greatest amount of hauling power for a given weight of engine; also a short rigid wheel base adapted to curves of very short radius. For these reasons, this type of locomotive is almost universally accepted as the most satisfactory for these special classes of service, where light rails, poor roadbed, rough and uneven track and sharp curves are the conditions which prevail.
Length of service, proportion of time ready for use, and work performed determine the value of a locomotive. Delays affect the whole work. To avoid delays, locomotives
must be reliable and always ready for service.
With these points in mind we have designed and built our small locomotives by a unique system of construction. They are not made as a whole, but are assembled from stock parts made to accurate gauges. Every operation is done in a carefully prepared jig.
With this system every part must be so accurately made as to fit every other locomotive of the same size and type.
We can therefore make prompt shipment of either a complete locomotive or any part. This method avoids long delays when parts wear out and also enables a user to keep on hand parts liable to wear in service with positive assurance that each part will fit.
Spare parts are available at Chicago, San Francisco and our Works at Paterson, N. J.
With slight changes any of these locomotives can be built suitable for oil fuel.
Every piece of material must conform to the same specifications required for 200-ton locomotives, and only the best materials are used.
Each locomotive is tested under its own steam before delivery.
Back of each design is the experience of over eighty years of continuous locomotive building and the construction of over 55,000 locomotives.
STANDARD FOUR-WHEEL TANK LOCOMOTIVES
FOR CONTRACTORS, QUARRIES, MINES AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
The four-wheel connected saddle tank locomotives exhibited, which are illustrated on pages 6 and 8, represent the American Locomotive Company's new standard designs for Contractors, Quarry, Mine, Industrial and other special service. On page 10 is shown a table giving the different sizes of this type of locomotive which are kept constantly in stock at our Works.
The four-wheel type of locomotive, with all the weight on the driving wheels, gives the greatest amount of hauling power for a given weight of engine; also a short rigid wheel base adapted to curves of very short radius. For these reasons, this type of locomotive is almost universally accepted as the most satisfactory for these special classes of service, where light rails, poor roadbed, rough and uneven track and sharp curves are the conditions which prevail.
Length of service, proportion of time ready for use, and work performed determine the value of a locomotive. Delays affect the whole work. To avoid delays, locomotives
must be reliable and always ready for service.
With these points in mind we have designed and built our small locomotives by a unique system of construction. They are not made as a whole, but are assembled from stock parts made to accurate gauges. Every operation is done in a carefully prepared jig.
With this system every part must be so accurately made as to fit every other locomotive of the same size and type.
We can therefore make prompt shipment of either a complete locomotive or any part. This method avoids long delays when parts wear out and also enables a user to keep on hand parts liable to wear in service with positive assurance that each part will fit.
Spare parts are available at Chicago, San Francisco and our Works at Paterson, N. J.
With slight changes any of these locomotives can be built suitable for oil fuel.
Every piece of material must conform to the same specifications required for 200-ton locomotives, and only the best materials are used.
Each locomotive is tested under its own steam before delivery.
Back of each design is the experience of over eighty years of continuous locomotive building and the construction of over 55,000 locomotives.
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