. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ^ ins. in diameter. Thecapacity of the tender is 4,500 U. S, gal-lons of water and 11,000 lbs. of coal. Thetender wheel base is 183 ins., and thetotal wheel base of engine and tender is734 ins. The adhesive weight of the en-gine, 101,000 lbs. The tractive effort ofthe engine is 15,900 lbs. The engines of the series 2,701-2,750are intended to haul freight trains offrom 1,380,000 to 1,540,000 lbs. on a grade has a large dome in which is placed thethrottle valve from which the operatingrod is ca
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ^ ins. in diameter. Thecapacity of the tender is 4,500 U. S, gal-lons of water and 11,000 lbs. of coal. Thetender wheel base is 183 ins., and thetotal wheel base of engine and tender is734 ins. The adhesive weight of the en-gine, 101,000 lbs. The tractive effort ofthe engine is 15,900 lbs. The engines of the series 2,701-2,750are intended to haul freight trains offrom 1,380,000 to 1,540,000 lbs. on a grade has a large dome in which is placed thethrottle valve from which the operatingrod is carried to the cab along the outsideof the boiler. The boiler has 242 tubes and a brickarch is used in the fire-box. The high-pressure cylinders are by low-pressure cylinders are ins. The driving wheels are 52/5ins. in diameter and the engine truckwheels are 33^2 ins. The driving wheelbase is 128 ins. and the total wheel base. I)K GLEHN 4-6n SWISS COMPOUXT1. of 10 per cent, and also heavy passengertrains 440,000 lbs., running miles perhour up a grade of 26 per cent. Theselocomotives are capable of traveling fromany of the stations on the line to Domo-dossolla-Iselle, where the grade is 26 percent. In order to obtain the greatest possibleadhesion the engine is carried on fourcoupled axlC; and one radial axle. Thisaxle is placet! in front in order to insure
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