. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . vuS**- LOCOMOTIVE IN USE ON INDIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Fig. 8 is a woodcut of an engine weighing 15 tons in working order, such as are now usedon the Indian State railways, of metre gauge and 40-lb. rails. The tender is not shown in thewoodcut. These engines have four coupled wheels 3 feet 6 inches diameter, and two trailing wheels2 feet 9 inches diameter. They are well adapted for working mixed trains of passengers and Fir,. LOCOMOTIVE IN USE ON INDIAN STATE RAILWAYS. goods. They maintain a journey s
. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . vuS**- LOCOMOTIVE IN USE ON INDIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Fig. 8 is a woodcut of an engine weighing 15 tons in working order, such as are now usedon the Indian State railways, of metre gauge and 40-lb. rails. The tender is not shown in thewoodcut. These engines have four coupled wheels 3 feet 6 inches diameter, and two trailing wheels2 feet 9 inches diameter. They are well adapted for working mixed trains of passengers and Fir,. LOCOMOTIVE IN USE ON INDIAN STATE RAILWAYS. goods. They maintain a journey speed of 15 miles an hour with average loads of 150 tonswhere the ruling gradient does not exceed 1 in 150; and being fitted with tenders they carryfuel and water sufficient for 40 miles under ordinary circumstances. Sometimes the tenders are FOR NEW COUNTRIES. 21 fitted with sockets to receive stanchions suitable for carrying large supplies of wood fuel. Thesame size of engine is sometimes fitted with a small tender, mounted on the same frame as theengine; a four-wheeled Adams bogie being used instead of a single pair of trailing wheels ; asshown in Fig. 9. In this case the fixed wheel-base is only 5 feet, although the total wheel-base is17 feet 6 inches. Large numbers of these engines (of both types) have been built by and Co., of Glasgow, by Messrs. Dubs, of Glasgow, and by Messrs. Nasmyth, Wilson,and Co., of Manchester. Fig. 10 is a woodcut of an engine in general use on the railways of New Z
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