. American engineer and railroad journal . PASSENGER LOCOIVIOTIVE, WITH WIDE FIREBOX- CHAUTAUQUA , Cedar Rapids &: Northern R. R. Brooks Locomotive Wohks. Bvilderv. Weights: Total c f engine ,600 lbs.: on drivers 88,0001bs.; total of engine and teoder 2fi5,600 Hi- Wheell)^se : Hr vina: Hft 9in.; total of engine 27ft.: total o( engine and tender .^2ft llHin. Cylinders. lR)^x2(!in. Wheels: Driving 7,5 in : truck 3H in ; tender 36in. Koiler : Diameter 64 in ; boiler pr* sfure 210 lbs. Firebox: Length 904in.: width 74in.; depth, tronl — BSin.; liack .i7 in. -4,1 :i2sq.
. American engineer and railroad journal . PASSENGER LOCOIVIOTIVE, WITH WIDE FIREBOX- CHAUTAUQUA , Cedar Rapids &: Northern R. R. Brooks Locomotive Wohks. Bvilderv. Weights: Total c f engine ,600 lbs.: on drivers 88,0001bs.; total of engine and teoder 2fi5,600 Hi- Wheell)^se : Hr vina: Hft 9in.; total of engine 27ft.: total o( engine and tender .^2ft llHin. Cylinders. lR)^x2(!in. Wheels: Driving 7,5 in : truck 3H in ; tender 36in. Koiler : Diameter 64 in ; boiler pr* sfure 210 lbs. Firebox: Length 904in.: width 74in.; depth, tronl — BSin.; liack .i7 in. -4,1 :i2sq. ft. Tubes 3(16; 2 in., 1,5 fi. 1 in long. lleiiting surface . Tubes 2,; firebox ; total 2, sq. fl. Tender: Kight-wheel; water capacity 5,O0Ogals.: coal capacity 10 Passenger Locomotive, with Wide Flrebon—Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad. soon be complete. The wheel arrangement is that of the oldAtlantic type. The engine combines the wide firebox. Bel-paire boiler, piston valves and a radial trailing truck. The firebox is wide and deep, with a brick arch supportedon water tubes. With 75-in. drivers, the center of the boileris 9 ft. 21,2 ins. above the rail. A radial truck is a noveltywhich has been skilfully applied, and it gives an excellentarrangement of the back end of the engine and leaves plentyof room for the ash pan. The truck has a spring centeringdevice and is as simple as cue could wish. It permits of car-rying the frames straight to the rear ends, and a cross equal- With 75-in. wheels. 19% by 26-in. cylinders and 210 pressure, the tractive power is 22,409 lbs. The tubes are15 ft. long and the boiler 64 ins. in diameter. Among the de-tails we note that the piston valves are 10 ins. in diameterwith central ad
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