. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . - 263 The trucks employed are clumsy and an-tiquated affairs which no American wouldthink of using; the axles and boxes areimported from England, while the otherparts are made upon the ground. Thewheels are of solid wood, made by sawingoff the end of a log and fitting iron boxesii; the center, no spokes or tires being wheels are in constant requisition,and repairs cause frequent and expensivedelays. Most of the trucking is done atnight by torchlights of pitch pine. Theoxen are fed on the leaves
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . - 263 The trucks employed are clumsy and an-tiquated affairs which no American wouldthink of using; the axles and boxes areimported from England, while the otherparts are made upon the ground. Thewheels are of solid wood, made by sawingoff the end of a log and fitting iron boxesii; the center, no spokes or tires being wheels are in constant requisition,and repairs cause frequent and expensivedelays. Most of the trucking is done atnight by torchlights of pitch pine. Theoxen are fed on the leaves and twigs ofthe bread-nut tree, which gives them morestrength and power of endurance than anyother obtainable food. The trucking be-ing done in the dry season, the logs arecollected on the bank of the river andmade ready for the floods. On the long-est rivers these begin in June and July,and on others in October and logs are turned adrift, and when theyreach tide water are caught by means ofbooms. Indian loggers—usually Caribs—follow the logs down the river in order to. ONE OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY brEDALBANe CLASS. presses over the heavy mountain gradesof their main line. They have been givenvery powerful dimensions, as will be seenfrom the figures given below. The newengmes, which are of the four-coupledwith leading bogie type, have drivingwheels 6 feet 6 inches in diameter; thecylindeis are 19x26 inches, and are sup-plied with steam by a boiler having 1,600square feet of heating surface, and steampressure of 200 pounds to the inch, theboiler tubes being 269 in number and IIfeet 7 inches in length. The engines weigh125,800 pounds, of which 80,000 are on thedriving wheels. The tender runs on a pairof four-wheeled bogies, and carries 5 tonsof coal and 4,125 :-;allons of water, theweight being 45 long tons, or the totalweight of engine and tender 226,600pounds. The special fitments include Mc-intoshs patent gage protectors, steam-sav-ing devices, steam train-he
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