. Railway mechanical engineer . wn out of gear. Fig. 1 also disclosesthe wide margin in the ability of the boiler to supply thebooster with steam, as has been proven in service, and be-comes very apparent bv realization of how small are thehorsepower outputs from the start up to speeds at which thel)00Ster will be thrown out of gear, in comparison with themuch larger horsepowers for which locomotive boilers areall amply able to supply the necessary steam. The booster, as a means of helping existing loiomotives inu; wheel locomotives which have become inadequate tosen-e needs on account of defi
. Railway mechanical engineer . wn out of gear. Fig. 1 also disclosesthe wide margin in the ability of the boiler to supply thebooster with steam, as has been proven in service, and be-comes very apparent bv realization of how small are thehorsepower outputs from the start up to speeds at which thel)00Ster will be thrown out of gear, in comparison with themuch larger horsepowers for which locomotive boilers areall amply able to supply the necessary steam. The booster, as a means of helping existing loiomotives inu; wheel locomotives which have become inadequate tosen-e needs on account of deficiency in starting capacity,and also valuable for new trailing wheel locomotives in thatreater starting power and capacity may be obtained with-out increasing the boiler, number of driving wheels, or mate-rially increasing weights. Dynamic AugmentAnother way to increase the operating capacity of loco-motives is to lighten the reciprocating and revolving weightsby the use of allov steel. This will permit of increasing the wmrn^M. e s 10 iz /4 /0speed in Miles Per Hour. 18 20 ZZ
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