. American engineer and railroad journal . FRONT VIEW, SHOWING ELEVATION OP CYLINDERS AND PISTONVALVES. same as that of the New York, New Haven & Hartford engine,illustrated in December, 1904, page 466. The eccentrics aredriven by the rear axle and the valve stem passes immediatelyover the frames and is perfectly straight, the center of thepiston valve being over the center of the frames. In order to secure as long inside main rods as possible, thiscylinder arrangement required an increase of wheel base, anincrease in the length of tubes, long outside guides and otherchanges in details, which
. American engineer and railroad journal . FRONT VIEW, SHOWING ELEVATION OP CYLINDERS AND PISTONVALVES. same as that of the New York, New Haven & Hartford engine,illustrated in December, 1904, page 466. The eccentrics aredriven by the rear axle and the valve stem passes immediatelyover the frames and is perfectly straight, the center of thepiston valve being over the center of the frames. In order to secure as long inside main rods as possible, thiscylinder arrangement required an increase of wheel base, anincrease in the length of tubes, long outside guides and otherchanges in details, which are indicated in the accompanyingcomparison of the simple locomotive and the two balanced. (-OTXINDEB BALANCED COMPOUND NKW STORK I. Dl ral Nuperintcndent of Motive Power. in DBON : RAILROAD. llAMlWIN I/OCOMOTIVE WORKS, BuildCIS. type locomotive Is the basis for the application of both theCole and Vauclain balanced systems on this road, and fromthe results already obtained by the Colo locomotive on theSt. Ixjuis testing plant, and by the Vauclain on the Burling-ton, the 4-cylinder balanced type of construction seems sure toprove exceedingly successful. The Vauclain locomotive hap-to be the 26,000th turned out tram the naidwin Works,and It Is of Interest to know that the Plant system balancedengine, Illustrated in March, 1902, page 72, was the 20,000th compounds presented In the accompanying table. Insteadof using 2-ln. tubes 1C ft. long, the new design employs 18 ft. C Ins. long. The holler is straight as before and thefirebox is tin* :i-1, hut. tho heating surface is slightly In-creased, The tractive power Is 24,200 lbs. Tho low p
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