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Interestingly, Bruce, writing in 1952, comments on the use of single- and double-axle pony trucks for steam locomotives as follows: Two-wheel leading trucks were - and still are - applied to freight locomotives in moderate-speed service. They were also applied to some passenger locomotives from 1901 to 1907 without accident traceable to the twowheel truck, but it was thought that the four-wheel truck offered better insurance against accident and possible loss of human life.[26] ----------------------- 26. Bruce, Alfred W. The Steam Locomotive in America: Its Development in the Twentieth Century. New York: Bonanza Books, 1952; 238. ----------------------- Bruce had forty-five years of locomotive-building experience behind him and had been assistant vice-president in charge of engineering and director of steam locomotive engineering at Alco. He must certainly have been aware of the Woodlawn accident and its implications, though he does not refer to it by name. (Note the specific date of 1907 in his comment.) In a nutshell, his statement summarizes the outcome of the accident and its investigation: Nothing was ever proven, charges were eventually dropped, and locomotive designers quickly turned away from single-axle lead trucks for high-speed service.
S-motor 110 hustles an 8-car passenger train toward Harmon, NY. Photo at Spuyten Duyvil by Francis J. Goldsmith, Jr. Alfred Barten, 16 January 1993. This is the fourth part of an article written in 1992 for Electric Lines magazine, just before it ceased publishing. Parts: <strong>Preface</strong> | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Notes ©1998, 2001 Alfred Barten. All rights reserved.
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