. The railroad and engineering journal . hour. Cost for 100 hours= 1,920 lbs. of coal at $ per ton = $ 1,470 • = 3,510 ■ •• = Total. $ The passenger tank locomotive No. 193, which we havementioned above as being fitted with the liquid fuel appa-ratus, has, as we have already stated, cylinders 17 in. indiameter with 24-in. stroke, and coupled wheels 5 ft. 4 diameter, and since it was fitted with the apparatus inMarch, 1887, it has been running most successfully, work-ing heavy suburban trains of 15 carriages, making fre-quent stops, while it has also b
. The railroad and engineering journal . hour. Cost for 100 hours= 1,920 lbs. of coal at $ per ton = $ 1,470 • = 3,510 ■ •• = Total. $ The passenger tank locomotive No. 193, which we havementioned above as being fitted with the liquid fuel appa-ratus, has, as we have already stated, cylinders 17 in. indiameter with 24-in. stroke, and coupled wheels 5 ft. 4 diameter, and since it was fitted with the apparatus inMarch, 1887, it has been running most successfully, work-ing heavy suburban trains of 15 carriages, making fre-quent stops, while it has also been employed taking mainline passenger, averaging about 10 carriages, on longerruns. Through the courtesy of Mr. Holden we have hadan opportunity of traveling on this engine, and we cantestify to the ease with which the liquid fuel apparatus canbe managed. With the liquid fuel it is found that the steam is kept upmore easily and steadily than when coal alone is used,while the liquid fuel gives especial facilities for getting up. steam rapidly if required, the pressure beingraised from50 lbs. to 140 lbs. in nine minutes with the engine stand-ing. Engine No. 193 is fitted with a liquid fuel tank con-taining 210 gallons, and this quantity will, as a rule, last fora run of about 200 miles, varying of course according tothe weight and character of the train hauled. Variouskinds of liquid fuel have been used, and the apparatus ap-pears capable of dealing with any of the ordinary market-able qualities. On the occasion of our making a trip onthe engine there was being burned a mixture of one-third green oil wilh two-thirds tar, and this was burned en-tirely without smoke or trouble of any kind. Roughlyspeaking, the consumption of fuel on the engine above re-ferred to is one gallon (or 11 lbs.) of liquid fuel (a mixtureof two-thirds ordinary gas tar and one-third creosote or 26 THE RAILROAD AND [January, 1889. furnace oil) to about 14 lbs. of coal per mile. We subjoinparticulars
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