. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i,o(«fRc:(iic tny\iimriHg Fig. i. ADAMS LOCOMOTIVE AND Fairfield Works, Bow, England, wascalled the Fairfield, and was first used onthe Tiverton branch on December 23,1848. Its length was 39 feet. The driverswere 54 inches diameter, and made ofsolid wrought iron. The middle and trail-ing wheels were of wood, 42 inches indiameter, and ran independently on theiraxles as well as their journals, the middlewheels having a lateral motion of 6 boiler was 36 inches in diameter and72 inches
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i,o(«fRc:(iic tny\iimriHg Fig. i. ADAMS LOCOMOTIVE AND Fairfield Works, Bow, England, wascalled the Fairfield, and was first used onthe Tiverton branch on December 23,1848. Its length was 39 feet. The driverswere 54 inches diameter, and made ofsolid wrought iron. The middle and trail-ing wheels were of wood, 42 inches indiameter, and ran independently on theiraxles as well as their journals, the middlewheels having a lateral motion of 6 boiler was 36 inches in diameter and72 inches high, containing 150 tubes; thefirebox was 24 inches high and 30 inchesin diameter. Pis. 3. PLAN. form of a saloon, and accommodated 16passengers, while the second-class com-partment seated 32. The entire weight ofthe machine was about 10 tons. On the experimental trip the Fairfieldleft Paddington Station at 10:30 A. Swindon, 77 miles away, Mr. Goochofficiating as driver both ways. The ma-chine attained considerable speed, and fora portion of the way reached the rate of49 miles per hour. It was found in practice that the verti-cal boiler was no
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