. American engineer and railroad journal . e valves are of the piston type with inside admission andthe motion is direct. In every particular the engine represent-;great care in design and construe^on, and its influence uponfuture practice in fast passenger locomotives may be expectedto be very strong in favor of larger grates. In fact we believeit to be the forerunner of a general introduction of wide gratesfor soft coal engines hauling heavy passenger trains. It is,therefore, considered one of the most important of recentAmerican locomotives. Messrs. Quayle and Henderson, as wellas the Schen
. American engineer and railroad journal . e valves are of the piston type with inside admission andthe motion is direct. In every particular the engine represent-;great care in design and construe^on, and its influence uponfuture practice in fast passenger locomotives may be expectedto be very strong in favor of larger grates. In fact we believeit to be the forerunner of a general introduction of wide gratesfor soft coal engines hauling heavy passenger trains. It is,therefore, considered one of the most important of recentAmerican locomotives. Messrs. Quayle and Henderson, as wellas the Schenectady Locomotive Works, are congratulated uponthis production. The following particulars have been furnished by the build-ers: ■•North-Western Type Dimensions. Gauge 4 ft. 8>4 in. Fuel Bituminous coa I Weight in working order 160,000 lbs. Weight on drivers 90,000 lbs. Wheel base, driving 7 ft. 0 in. Wheel base, rigid 16 ft. 0 in. Wheel base, total 26 ft. 9 in. Wheel base, total ot engine and tender 54 ft. 8% NORTHWESTERN TYPE PASSENGER LOCOIVIOTIVE. Chicago & Northwbstern Railway, Schenectady Locomotive Works, Builder Weights; Total of engine I60,0001bs.; on drivers 90,000 lbs ; total, engme and tender, 20,000 lbs. Wheelbase: Driving 7ft.; total of engine 26 ft, 9 in ; total, engine and tender -54 ft 8?i in. Cylinders: 20 x •ib in. Wheels: Driving .. ....80in: truck 3ii in.; trailers 48 in. Boiler: -traight, radial stays, diameter 68?^ in; boiler ::001bs. Firebox Length 102^ in.; width 654in.; depth, from ... 76!4in.; depth, back C7 in Grate: Rocking; area .. ft.; Tubes 338 2-in .... l!<2in. long. Heating surface : •2, sq. ft.; watertubes ; firebox ; total Tender: Eight-wheel; tank capacity 5,200 gals, water, 8 tons coal. 238 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. Cylinders. Diameter of cylinders 20 in. Stroke of piston 26 in. Horizontal thiclfness of piston 5% in. Diameter of piston rod
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