. American engineer and railroad journal . nion as to whatshould be the allowable weight for empties of all kinds. Fivetons is allowed in this tonnage system for each empty freightcar, in addition to the tare of the car. An exception to thisis noted in case of long palace horse cars and refrigerator similar reduction is made in the capacity of an engine movingwith the tender ahead, and also with double-head or push-ing engines. To remove all doubt as to what allowance tomake for equipment on which the tare weight is unknown,a table of estimated weights is furnished, which includes every
. American engineer and railroad journal . nion as to whatshould be the allowable weight for empties of all kinds. Fivetons is allowed in this tonnage system for each empty freightcar, in addition to the tare of the car. An exception to thisis noted in case of long palace horse cars and refrigerator similar reduction is made in the capacity of an engine movingwith the tender ahead, and also with double-head or push-ing engines. To remove all doubt as to what allowance tomake for equipment on which the tare weight is unknown,a table of estimated weights is furnished, which includes everytype of car on the road, which is an evidence of care to leaveno element of doubt or any chance for misconstruction. Infact, the whole system appears to be framed with the one pur-pose in view of having it plain enough to be understood andused. It is in operation on the Ontario and Quebec divisionunder the supervision of General Manager Thomas Tait, withresults of the most satisfactory character. 92 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD The New Consolidation Locomotive, Long Island Railroad. CONSOLIDATION FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE. Long Island engravings of the 21 by 2S-lnch consolidation enginerepresent a lot recently built for the Long Island Railroadby the Brooks Locomotive Works. Locomotives of this sizeand type are new on the Long Island Railroad, and may beaccounted for on the ground that the management is preparingto move a larger tonnage than heretofore. These engineshave the Wootten firebox and are thus designed to burn eitheranthracite or soft coal. The boiler, owing to the style offirebox, stands high in the air, the center being 104 inchesabove the order to secure proper longitudinal stability, there is a
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