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Reports are received by the bureau of American republics to the effect that the experiment of using petroleum for fuel on the Oroya railroad in Peru has proved successful. The trials were made at an altitude of 5,800 feet above the sea with the locomotives from the Rogers works of Paterson, N. J. The oil used is not crude petroleum, but a residuum oil. In the trials the average consumption was 88.88 pounds per mile, while with coal it was 79.30 pounds. It reported that the Oroya Railway Company has decided to use oil fuel on all of their locomotives.
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Rochester Daily Republican
Rochester, Indiana, US
Tue, Nov 03, 1891
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