. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thefinest scenery and con-stitutes a health resort of great im-port: pecially to Europeans dur-ing the hot summer months. From theforegoing brief description of the lineii will lc realized that the work t. be d by the locomotive illustrated is not light, It will be observed that the engineis built in three main parts. The boileris supported on a girder frame whichrests on a driving bogie at each is claimed that this arrangement pro-vides great flexibility for travelingaround sharp curv
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . thefinest scenery and con-stitutes a health resort of great im-port: pecially to Europeans dur-ing the hot summer months. From theforegoing brief description of the lineii will lc realized that the work t. be d by the locomotive illustrated is not light, It will be observed that the engineis built in three main parts. The boileris supported on a girder frame whichrests on a driving bogie at each is claimed that this arrangement pro-vides great flexibility for travelingaround sharp curves. There are fourcylinders, two to each bogie, and thevalves are actuated by Walschaertsgear. The water tanks, of which thereare three, carry 850 Imperial gallonsof water. The boiler is 3 ft. 10% outside and 7 ft. long, the fire-box being 4 ft. 9% ins. wide. The con-nection between the steam pipes andcylinders is made by means of balljoints on the center line of the bogiepivots. The total length over buffersis 33 ft. 1% ins. and the centers ofbogies are 17 ft. 3 ins. apart. The heat-. EIGHTWHEEL LOCOMOTIVE OF THE GARRATT TYPE FOR INDIAimited mileage, it would and at the 24th mile the fourth and last service with a be difficult to operate so powerful a loco motive with less expenditure for power. Garratt Locomotive for remarkable locomotive has recentlybeen shipped to India by Messrs. Beyer,Peacock & Co., of Manchester, for serv-ice on the Darjeeling-Himalayan Rail-way. This railway has many featuresof interest. It is of the 2 ft. gauge andabounds in sharp curves and steepgrades. When first built some of thegradients were as severe as 1 in 19 butthey have since been reduced, the aver-age now being 1 in 29. In some placesspirals and reverses have been con-structed to afford an easier ascent. The zigzag. Soon after the 25th mile thePagla Jhora torrent is crossed. Whenthe heavy rainfalls are in season thistorrent swells to such an extent thatsometimes great da
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