. American engineer and railroad journal . Cross Section Through & O. Locomotive,and the Missouri Pacific at the Brooks works. A few com-parisons of ratios may be interesting: C. & O. Mo. Pac. Total weight to heating surface 6?Li Total weight to weight on dnvers »li 702 T»^■■■::.■:.::::: saWL1 *. Cast steel is used extensively in both designs. Both haveinside admission piston valves with direct motion, the detailsbeing worked out differently, as appears in the trailing trucks are entirely different, that of the Brooksdesign being Players radia
. American engineer and railroad journal . Cross Section Through & O. Locomotive,and the Missouri Pacific at the Brooks works. A few com-parisons of ratios may be interesting: C. & O. Mo. Pac. Total weight to heating surface 6?Li Total weight to weight on dnvers »li 702 T»^■■■::.■:.::::: saWL1 *. Cast steel is used extensively in both designs. Both haveinside admission piston valves with direct motion, the detailsbeing worked out differently, as appears in the trailing trucks are entirely different, that of the Brooksdesign being Players radial type, and that of the Schenectadya pedestal truck. The Brooks engine has cast steel hooks forthe spring hangers and a novel cast steel, adjustable pedestalbinder for the rear driving axle pedestals. This pedestal tieor binder, which is Mr. John Players patent, is Illustrated by 282 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. **-.*/-**—?£ 12 *\. a - «ia. « 050 E 3 2 .. H .t: © > £ c b 9 7. -I in S 3 s O H V5 September 1902. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 283 a drawing reproduced herewith, which clearly shows its con-struction. It is provided with a clamping screw at one end,the other portion of the binder being held and clamped to-gether with bolts to prevent the screws from turning. Theend of the binder screw is provided with a cast-iron protect-ing nut to prevent the corners from being worn off. Thespacing block between the pedestal jaws is made of cast iron,
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