. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Fifty 4-6-0 type locomotives having three single-ex-pansion cylinders were built last Fall for the London,Midland & Scottish Railway by the North British Loco-motive Works, Ltd. They represent the designs of SirHenry Fowler, chief mechanical engineer of the railwaycompany. These engines are designed to develop a tractive effortof 33,150 lb., at 85 per cent of the boiler pressure whichis 250 lb. The inside cylinder drives on the crank axleof the leading pair of coupled wheels, and the outside
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Fifty 4-6-0 type locomotives having three single-ex-pansion cylinders were built last Fall for the London,Midland & Scottish Railway by the North British Loco-motive Works, Ltd. They represent the designs of SirHenry Fowler, chief mechanical engineer of the railwaycompany. These engines are designed to develop a tractive effortof 33,150 lb., at 85 per cent of the boiler pressure whichis 250 lb. The inside cylinder drives on the crank axleof the leading pair of coupled wheels, and the outside As the boiler is pitched rather high the whistle has hadto be set in a horizontal position to clear the gauge, andfor the same reason a special pop safety valve has beendesigned. The total weight of the engine is 190,175 lb., of lb., is on the drivers. The locomotive is equippedwith steam brakes on both the driving and truck brakes are also provided on the tender. Other details of the engines are given in the table. In a discussion before the Institution of Mechanical. Three-Cylinder, 4-6-0 Type Locomotive of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway cylinders the middle pair, each being provided with a Engineers, London, last month, Sir Henry Fowler gave separate Walshaert valve gearing. The boiler and fire- some figures from dynamometer tests of the performance box are large and ample grate area is provided. A great of the first of these engines the Royal Scot. On the deal of attention was directed to the boiler proportions, non-stop run from Euston to Carlile with tons be- which were finally settled largely on previous experience hind the tender the train was handled at an average speed with an existing type. This combination of high boiler of 53 miles per hour, the coal consumption being .078 pressure with considerable firebox volume in conjunction lb. per ton mile. With an additional 51 tons behind the with a large total heating surface, and gr
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