. American engineer and railroad journal . es in diameter and the total weight of the engine is 207,000pounds, of which 112,000 pounds is on drivers. Each cylinder isfitted with a piston valve, the two outer ones being actuated bythe Walschaert valve gear, and the inner ones by a valvegear of the Joy type. The cranks are set at 120 degrees, thecrank pin being on the back pair of drivers for the outside cylin-ders and on the front cranked axle for the inside boiler is fitted with a superheater arranged somewhatsimilar to the Pielock design and located adjacent to the frontflue shee
. American engineer and railroad journal . es in diameter and the total weight of the engine is 207,000pounds, of which 112,000 pounds is on drivers. Each cylinder isfitted with a piston valve, the two outer ones being actuated bythe Walschaert valve gear, and the inner ones by a valvegear of the Joy type. The cranks are set at 120 degrees, thecrank pin being on the back pair of drivers for the outside cylin-ders and on the front cranked axle for the inside boiler is fitted with a superheater arranged somewhatsimilar to the Pielock design and located adjacent to the frontflue sheet, in fact the front flue sheet is arranged to form thewall of the superheater. This is expected to give about 125 de-grees of superheat. The finish of the locomotive was particularly noticeable, therebeing many more highly polished parts used than is customaryin this country. It presented a most imposing appearance on ex-hibition, and was examined with much interest by the members inattendance. 460 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD MOTOR CAR FOR USE ON SMYRNA BRANCH OF PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. GASOLINE MOTOR CAR ON THE PENNSYLVANIA. The Pennsylvania Railroad has inaugurated a gasoline motorcar service on the Smyrna branch, between Smyrna and Clayton,Del. The car used was built by Fairbanks-Morse & Companyand made the trip from their factory, Three Rivers, Mich., toWilmington, Del., under its own power, in charge of , superintendent motive power of the Philadelphia, Bal-timore & Wilmington, The distance of 780 miles was covered in28 hrs. actual running time, or at the rate of miles per hour. The car is driven by a four-cylinder, four-cycle, water-cooledengine, heavy type, conservatively rated at 50-60 at 600r. p. m. Under test it has developed 75 The power is trans-mitted through gearing, arranged to furnish three speeds in eachdirection. The gears are always in mesh, changes in speed be-ing accomplished by sliding jaw clutches. The shafts run inro
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