. American engineer and railroad journal . ief valve is shown allacbcd to the front end of the steam chest. This vnlve is con- streelsoneach nected to the receivers by a pipe, which is alto shown in switching the view. A similar valve is attached totbe high-pressure L, „ ^ s of great cmerK«ncy- steam chest on tbe other side of the engine. Theobiectof were not heard Ihe sharp and loud theee valves * iieobjectof A Noiaeleas Compound Switching Locomotive. the air-brake report Involved an Immense amount ol labor. exi rcfwrtud. It« but on a perimeol«d 1the enginea ith and applied all kinds
. American engineer and railroad journal . ief valve is shown allacbcd to the front end of the steam chest. This vnlve is con- streelsoneach nected to the receivers by a pipe, which is alto shown in switching the view. A similar valve is attached totbe high-pressure L, „ ^ s of great cmerK«ncy- steam chest on tbe other side of the engine. Theobiectof were not heard Ihe sharp and loud theee valves * iieobjectof A Noiaeleas Compound Switching Locomotive. the air-brake report Involved an Immense amount ol labor. exi rcfwrtud. It« but on a perimeol«d 1the enginea ith and applied all kinds of devic„ ,hich are ^laed [Iq] the streets of Nei is to maiolaiu tbe pressure in the steam chcsle below a cerlain limit, and thus avoid an eiceseive pressure in either of the cylinders, and a consequent loud txhaust from that cause. The angine is provided with Ashton blow back valves, ijuke which dUcharge tbe escaping steam into the tender. rheengmehaabeen working very succetafuUy for several York May, 1896 AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 77.
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