. Railroad digest . miles per hour. The illustration. Fig. 2, shows an eight-wheeled compoundlocomotive for express service built and designed under the di-rection of Mr. F. W. Webb, chief mechanical engineer of theLondon & Northwestern Railway Company. The engine wasbuilt at the companys works at Crewe. The diameter of thehigh-pressure cylinders is 15 in., and that of the low-pressurecylinders 30 in., while the stroke is in each case 24 in. The driving wheels have a diameter of 7 ft. 1 in., and thefixed wheel base is 8 ft. 3 in., while the total wheel base is23 ft. 8 in. The total weight of t
. Railroad digest . miles per hour. The illustration. Fig. 2, shows an eight-wheeled compoundlocomotive for express service built and designed under the di-rection of Mr. F. W. Webb, chief mechanical engineer of theLondon & Northwestern Railway Company. The engine wasbuilt at the companys works at Crewe. The diameter of thehigh-pressure cylinders is 15 in., and that of the low-pressurecylinders 30 in., while the stroke is in each case 24 in. The driving wheels have a diameter of 7 ft. 1 in., and thefixed wheel base is 8 ft. 3 in., while the total wheel base is23 ft. 8 in. The total weight of the locomotive in workingorder is 52 tons and 2 cwt. The London & Northwestern Rail-way Company have already constructed more than 4,000 loco-motives at their works at Crewe. The German express locomotive shown in Fig. 3 has createdconsiderable comment on account of its peculiarity of construc-tion. It is provided with an auxiliary driving axle, in front;which can be lowered at will by means of a lever. It is. GERMAN EXPRESS J^OCOMOTIVE. RAILROAD DIGEST January, 1901
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