. American engineer and railroad journal . wanna & Western. Mr. Lloyd has made a careful study of theaction of anthracite of the smaller sizes and has found itpossible to secure important savings in culm burning. Thesenew engines have larger grates than those of the very large who are taking the first steps in the adaptation of wide gratesto bituminous coal burning. This is the heaviest engine of this type of which we haverecord. The heating surface has been exceeded, but the opera-tion with six-car trains over the mountain grades and about40-mile schedules, is so satisfactory as to indicate a
. American engineer and railroad journal . wanna & Western. Mr. Lloyd has made a careful study of theaction of anthracite of the smaller sizes and has found itpossible to secure important savings in culm burning. Thesenew engines have larger grates than those of the very large who are taking the first steps in the adaptation of wide gratesto bituminous coal burning. This is the heaviest engine of this type of which we haverecord. The heating surface has been exceeded, but the opera-tion with six-car trains over the mountain grades and about40-mile schedules, is so satisfactory as to indicate a successfulresult. For this service sufficient tractive weight is obtainedwith four coupled drivers and with the excellent though small-sized coal it was not considered necessary to use the Atlantictype. In the details greaAare was used to simplify in everypossible way to avoid breakdowns. The driving journals are9 by 13 ins., and with 197 lbs. per square inch load these do notrun hot. Mr. Lloyd has adopted shaking grades for all wide. Longitudinal Section of Boiler. ID-wheel passenger engines built last year for the same road(American Engineer, September, 1900, page 272), although thenew ones are of the 8-wheel type. These grates, with an areaof sq. ft., are giving excellent results, indicating that theproportions are correct for the conditions. Readers will alsoremember the culm-burning switching engines built by theDickson Locomotive Works (March, 1901, page 91). Theseengines are all designed with reference to the use of variousmixtures of fine anthracites, and in this respect the policy ofthe mechanical department of this road is suggestive to those firebox engines and finds them very satisfactory. There willsoon be nine of these engines in service. They are known asClass 19C. We shall have more to say about these engineslater. Eight-Wheel, Wide Firebox Passenger & Western Railroad. Delaware, General Dimensions. Fuel Fine anthracite coal Weight I
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