. American engineer and railroad journal . , and it is also standard on the Philadelphia &Reading Railway. The ash pan used 011 culm burning locomotives on the linesof the Delaware & Hudson Company has two hoppers fitted withlongitudinal sliding doors operated together by one gear, theconnections between the doors being triple. A feature of 11ni—design which is admirable is the arrangement of an incline or shown in rig. 4. All of the slides are operated from one shaftat the rear, the connecting links being of 2j4 x 1 in. bar. Asomewhat similar type of door is used on the Norfolk and West-ern R
. American engineer and railroad journal . , and it is also standard on the Philadelphia &Reading Railway. The ash pan used 011 culm burning locomotives on the linesof the Delaware & Hudson Company has two hoppers fitted withlongitudinal sliding doors operated together by one gear, theconnections between the doors being triple. A feature of 11ni—design which is admirable is the arrangement of an incline or shown in rig. 4. All of the slides are operated from one shaftat the rear, the connecting links being of 2j4 x 1 in. bar. Asomewhat similar type of door is used on the Norfolk and West-ern Railway, the slides, however, in this case being formed of3 x 2 x 9/16 in. angles riveted to the bottom of the hoppers. Thedoors are fitted loose, a play of \s of an inch being allowed be-tween the bottom of the hopper and the top of the door. Thedoors in this case are operated by an air cylinder, which issupported directly hack of the rear hopper and has its pistonconnected directly to the door of this hopper. A stop is provided. FIC. 4. CAST STEEL ASH PAX SLIDE AND FRAME CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY. 241 U1ERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD TOURNAL.
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