. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eight 129,480 lbs., steam pressure 200 lbs.,grate area square feet, heating surface 1, square feet, tractive force 21,250 lbs., and tank capacity1,000 (English) gallons. There are pony trucks at bothends of this class, with 38-inch wheels. The 4,400 Class has 49^2 inch drivers, weight of124,700 lbs., and tractive force of 20,195 lbs. Both of these classes are very useful on branch lineshaving old bridges and light rail. According to the latest available records, there are200 tank e
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eight 129,480 lbs., steam pressure 200 lbs.,grate area square feet, heating surface 1, square feet, tractive force 21,250 lbs., and tank capacity1,000 (English) gallons. There are pony trucks at bothends of this class, with 38-inch wheels. The 4,400 Class has 49^2 inch drivers, weight of124,700 lbs., and tractive force of 20,195 lbs. Both of these classes are very useful on branch lineshaving old bridges and light rail. According to the latest available records, there are200 tank engines of the 2-6-2 type on the Great WesternRailway of England. The number of each of the threeclasses is not specified, however; though the largest iscertainly fairly numerous. For the benefit of those who may be interested, aphotograph of No. 99, the pioneer 2-6-2 tank engine ofthe Great Western Railway, is presented herewith. Ithink it will be admitted that the engine presents a work-manlike appearance, and that it certainly is the equal ofany similar design constructed in America. In point ot. Tank Engine of the Great Western Railway of England fact, it was, in certain respects, superior to its Americancontemporaries of the same type. Furthermore, this design was included in a very ableprogramme of motive power standardization which hassince proved of immense value in promoting efficiencyon the Great Western Railway. Incidentally, it is thissettled and carefully considered motive power policywhich places the Great Western Railway in a class byitself in Britain, and makes that line of unusual interestto the thoughtful and broad-minded American studentof locomotive engineering. In the work of providing heavy power, the Americandesigner stands pre-eminent. Our real problem proceedsfrom the difficulties attending the operation of branchlines and certain divisions over which the movement oflocal traffic is light. On the Great Western Railway a tank engine may beused either in p
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