The winning bid for construction of the main line was awarded to C.E. Loss and Company of Chicago ... In 1899 contracts were also issued for locomotives and car related items. An agreement was reached ...
From the evidence thus furnished it seems to be abundantly established that the Fontaine locomotive marks a ... improvement made for many years in the construction of locomotivc engines, it ...
They need to be made in this way, because the huge energy transfer required to move a typical train would destroy lesser construction. It would however be foolish to imagine a locomotive as ...