. French railways . 4-4-0 ENGINE WITH ELAMAN BOILER (eST). and done it with so much uniformity that variousother important features, such as the leadingbogie and Belpaire firebox had been universallyadopted in addition to the four-cylinder compoundsystem. This is the more remarkable in that,except for the fact that they were all four-coupled,very wide differences existed between the express FRENCH RAILWAYS 57 engines used by the different companiesimmediately before the adoption of the Nord had engines with inside C3hnders, aleading bogie and outside frames (4-4-0). TheEst engine
. French railways . 4-4-0 ENGINE WITH ELAMAN BOILER (eST). and done it with so much uniformity that variousother important features, such as the leadingbogie and Belpaire firebox had been universallyadopted in addition to the four-cylinder compoundsystem. This is the more remarkable in that,except for the fact that they were all four-coupled,very wide differences existed between the express FRENCH RAILWAYS 57 engines used by the different companiesimmediately before the adoption of the Nord had engines with inside C3hnders, aleading bogie and outside frames (4-4-0). TheEst engines, ^^•ith the same arrangement of wheels(4-4-0), had outside cylinders driving the secondpair of coupled wheels, inside frames and a special. sMiiiiiiiiiiHrtfiiiiiifa 2-4-2 ENGINE (). type of boiler (Flaman) composed of two barrels—the lower one completely filled with tubes, andthe smaller upper one for a steam space. TheParis-Orleans engines had outside cylinders placedwell forward, driving the first pair of coupledwheels and a small pair of carrying wheels ateither end of the engine (2-4-2). The Midi engines I 58 FRENCH RAILWAYS . !f-y • m ^^isBacrras: j;,;:i^^^FfSBto*i „2 ^x:!/,^^^:.;: ■J --!-:---^BW^::- >»;■« cwKE^»:!r-!—^^^^^BMCJS^s--^ ^^aa -P— --■^. -.—J^::t-^^:: ^A-:^.-^-^^::^:^;
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