. Railway mechanical engineer . vsdesign. The piston valves are 10 in. in diameter and are fitted withbushings and packing and bull rings of Hunt-Spiller guniron. The i\lindcr Ijushings are also made of the samematerial. The tender is identical with that used with the , having a capacity of 8,000 gal. of water and 16tons of coal. The tank has the Locomotive Stoker Companystype D coal Commonwealth cast steel underframe,and cast steel tender truck side frames to be furnished by theAmerican Steel Foundries and the Buckeye Steel CastingsCompany. The tender wheels are cast i
. Railway mechanical engineer . vsdesign. The piston valves are 10 in. in diameter and are fitted withbushings and packing and bull rings of Hunt-Spiller guniron. The i\lindcr Ijushings are also made of the samematerial. The tender is identical with that used with the , having a capacity of 8,000 gal. of water and 16tons of coal. The tank has the Locomotive Stoker Companystype D coal Commonwealth cast steel underframe,and cast steel tender truck side frames to be furnished by theAmerican Steel Foundries and the Buckeye Steel CastingsCompany. The tender wheels are cast iron, Ijeing ii in. indiameter. There arc a large number of details on this locomotive thatare common to the standard Eight-wheel switcher and a fewcommon to all of the standard locomotives. Among the itemscommon to both of the switchers may be mentioned drivingaxles, driving boxes, shoes and wedges, pedestal crosstie,grates, tube setting, coal f)ush(r. many of the cab fixtures, 593 594 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 92, No. U. November. 1918 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 595 bumper arrangement, bell details, reverse shaft yoke and bellcrank. Such details as the dome cap, coupler, coupler draw-head, eccentric rod bearings, cylinder cocks and gage cocksare common to all of the standard locomotives. These engines are to be equipped with the Shoemaker fire-
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