The observation car is provided with book-cases, a writing desk and
stenographer.]
[Illustration: A STRING OF ALL-STEEL FREIGHT CARS JUST TURNED OUT OF THE
SHOPS[63]]
[Illustration: ELECTRIC BAGGAGE TRUCK HAULING TRAILERS[63]]
[Illustration: BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATION, NEW YORK
CITY[64]]
[Illustration: THE “UNION STATION” AT WASHINGTON, D. C.[64]]
[Illustration: FREIGHT TRAIN, EASTBOUND, ON THE HORSESHOE CURVE[65]]
[Illustration: OVEN FOR DRYING PAINT ON PASSENGER CARS AT THE ALTOONA,
PA., SHOPS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY[66]]
[Illustration: LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING
View in the erecting shop where the locomotives are assembled. The
traveling crane in the foreground is capable of transporting a
locomotive to any part of the shop.
_Courtesy of the Baldwin Locomotive Works._]
[Illustration: MODERN LOCOMOTIVES
The upper view shows a passenger locomotive used on the fastest heavy
express trains. It weighs 272,000 pounds, with tender 70 feet long, and
has a draw-bar pull of 30,700 pounds. The lower view shows a Mallet
Articulated Type freight locomotive, one of the largest ever built. It
consists of two units, linked together to give flexibility to the wheel
base. The locomotive is 108 feet 10 inches long, weighs 700,000 pounds,
and has a draw-bar pull of 96,000 pounds. Oil is used for fuel.
_Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baldwin Locomotive
Works._]
[Illustration: TYPE FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE--THE DELAWARE & HUDSON CO.