. The railroad and engineering journal . from the boiler to both cylinders or to one cylinder only,at the option of the engineer, the arrangement by whichthis is effected being shown in figs. 2 and 3. When it is desired to admit steam from the boiler toboth cylinders the valve A, fig. 2, is open and the distrib-uting valve is in the position /?, fig. 4. Steam is then ad-mitted to the right-hand cylinder by the pipe i 2, and tothe left-hand cylinder by the pipe i 2 3, the distributor. vation of the engine ; fig. 2 is a front view, and fig. 3 aplan of the smoke-box, showing the arrangement of th
. The railroad and engineering journal . from the boiler to both cylinders or to one cylinder only,at the option of the engineer, the arrangement by whichthis is effected being shown in figs. 2 and 3. When it is desired to admit steam from the boiler toboth cylinders the valve A, fig. 2, is open and the distrib-uting valve is in the position /?, fig. 4. Steam is then ad-mitted to the right-hand cylinder by the pipe i 2, and tothe left-hand cylinder by the pipe i 2 3, the distributor. vation of the engine ; fig. 2 is a front view, and fig. 3 aplan of the smoke-box, showing the arrangement of thesteam and exhaust-pipes ; fig. 4 is a section of the steam-chest, showing the position of the valve when steam fromthe boiler is admitted to both cylinders, and fig. 5 is a sec-tion showing the position of the valve when steam from the and the pipe 4 5. The exhaust takes place through thepipe 6 7 for the left-hand cylinder and through the pipe 3,the distributing valve and the pipe 7 for the right-handcylinder. When steam from the boiler is admitted only to the high-pressure cylinder the valve A is shut, and the valve in the 364 THE RAILROAD AND [August. 18S9. steam-chest is in the position C, fig. 5. Steam is then ad-mitted into the right-hand cylinder by the passage i 2, andescapes by the passage 3 in the interior of the distributingvalve ; it then passes into the left-hand cylinder throughthe pipe 4 5, and from that cylinder is exhausted into thechimney by the pipe 6 7. Th
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