. Railway age gazette . Outer Shell of the Firebox and Dome Course of the BoilerOTHER DETAILS The locomotives are equipped with Schmidt superheaters andSecurity brick arches. Screw reverse gear is used, and becauseof its not being necessary to provide space to move the reverse. The Assembled Firebox for the Pennsylvania Locomotives lever the cab has been considerably shortened. It is also be-lieved that the shorter cab will give the engine crews a betteropportunity to observe signals. The tender truck is of the samedesign as that used on the E6s Atlantic type locomotive. The tank is of the wat

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. Railway age gazette . Outer Shell of the Firebox and Dome Course of the BoilerOTHER DETAILS The locomotives are equipped with Schmidt superheaters andSecurity brick arches. Screw reverse gear is used, and becauseof its not being necessary to provide space to move the reverse. The Assembled Firebox for the Pennsylvania Locomotives lever the cab has been considerably shortened. It is also be-lieved that the shorter cab will give the engine crews a betteropportunity to observe signals. The tender truck is of the samedesign as that used on the E6s Atlantic type locomotive. The tank is of the water bottom type with 36 in. wheels and 5j^ 10 in. journals. The water capacity is 7,000 gal., and thecoal capacity 12/2 tons. These locomotives, as well as the latest design of Atlantictype, were designed in the office of the mechanical engineer ofthe Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona, and built in the Juniatashops. The E6s class Atlantic t}pe locomotives are now haul-

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