. American engineer and railroad journal . :^. OCTDKKR, rjU. AMRRICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD lOURNAL. 383 performance in handling a train of 4,2a) tuns on a grade of 15ft. to the mile, at the rate of m. p. h., is striking. In fact,ill all respects the work of the locomotives in service have morethan met the ex|)ectations of the railway company and thebnililers. better proof can he given of the hoilcr capacity of thislocomotive than the work it did in hauling the train of tons trations shows the construction at the dome, where it is seenthat the inner reinforcing sheet has b
. American engineer and railroad journal . :^. OCTDKKR, rjU. AMRRICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD lOURNAL. 383 performance in handling a train of 4,2a) tuns on a grade of 15ft. to the mile, at the rate of m. p. h., is striking. In fact,ill all respects the work of the locomotives in service have morethan met the ex|)ectations of the railway company and thebnililers. better proof can he given of the hoilcr capacity of thislocomotive than the work it did in hauling the train of tons trations shows the construction at the dome, where it is seenthat the inner reinforcing sheet has been flanged downward toa depth of about S in. at the center, acting as an interior ex-tension to the dome proper and assisting in obtaining dryersteam. A 9 in. dry pipe with a throttle of corresponding sizehas been apjilied on these locomotives. The superheater is of the regular Schmidt design, furnishedby the Locomotive Superheater Company. It has 40 elements,
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