. American engineer and railroad journal . anical Conventions.—A novel feature of the Atlantic City conventions will be the ex-hibit of the committee on apprenticeship. It is expected that therailroads operating apprentice schools will send models, drawingsand photographs to show in a comprehensive manner the rapidadvancement which is being made in this phase of railroad ac-tivity. The following roads have thus far consented to exhibit;Central Railroad of N. J., Grand Trunk, Santa Fe and NewYork Central Lines. The members of the committee are C. , superintendent of apprentices, New York
. American engineer and railroad journal . anical Conventions.—A novel feature of the Atlantic City conventions will be the ex-hibit of the committee on apprenticeship. It is expected that therailroads operating apprentice schools will send models, drawingsand photographs to show in a comprehensive manner the rapidadvancement which is being made in this phase of railroad ac-tivity. The following roads have thus far consented to exhibit;Central Railroad of N. J., Grand Trunk, Santa Fe and NewYork Central Lines. The members of the committee are C. , superintendent of apprentices, New York Central Lines,chairman; G. M. Basford, assistant to president, American Loco-motive Company; W. D. Robb, superintendent motive power,Grand Trunk; A. W. Gibbs, general superintendent motivepower, Pennsylvania Railroad; B. P. Flory, mechanical engineer,Central Railroad of New Jersey; John Tonge, master mechanic,Minneapolis & St. Louis; F. W. Thomas, superintendent of ap-prentices, Santa Fe. 192 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD HEAVY CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE—GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CONSOLIDATION TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. Great Northern Railway. The Baldwin Locomotive Works has recently completed anorder of 50 locomotives of the consolidation type for the GreatNorthern Railway. These engines are known in the roads clas-sification as class F 8 and the general design was worked out inaccordance with drawings furnished by the railway company. A somewhat unusual arrangement of Walschaert valve gearwhich was designed by the builders has been applied. These locomotives have a total weight of 210,350 lbs., of which188,250, or about 90 per cent., is on drivers. The cylinders,20 x 32 in., with 55 in. drivers and 210 lbs. steam pressure givea theoretical tractive effort of 41,540 lbs. This gives a factorof adhesion of The boiler is of the Belpaire type, con-forming with the standard practice on this road. It has a ver-tical throat and back head with the crown and roof sheets slop-
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