. American engineer and railroad journal . Vol. LXVII. No. g.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 419. SI H 420 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [September, 1893. The specifications for the Americiin smokebox are briefly asfollows: STACK. Smoki-staok straight, defiectinn; plate and iicttini; in smoke-box. From our enirraviniis it will be seen tliat the dilVennees inconstruelion in thc> parts therein illustrated are lirealcr thanin any other portions of the two en;;ines. The American en-gine for the New York Central & Hudson Kiver Hailroad hasthe cylindrical form of extended smoke-box now so {generallyused in this
. American engineer and railroad journal . Vol. LXVII. No. g.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 419. SI H 420 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [September, 1893. The specifications for the Americiin smokebox are briefly asfollows: STACK. Smoki-staok straight, defiectinn; plate and iicttini; in smoke-box. From our enirraviniis it will be seen tliat the dilVennees inconstruelion in thc> parts therein illustrated are lirealcr thanin any other portions of the two en;;ines. The American en-gine for the New York Central & Hudson Kiver Hailroad hasthe cylindrical form of extended smoke-box now so {generallyused in this country, with iletiectini; and perforated plates toarrest sparks, while the English engine has no arrangementsof this kind. Z In tig. A, which represents a longitudinal section of theAmerican smoke-ljox, .k. i? is a solid deflecting plate in frontof the tubes, and extending downward to the line D K, (ig. a sliding door which gives access to the tubes. F 0 //isa perforateil plate, the form of the openings in which areshown in a larger scale in tig. C. J is a cinder pocket, as
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