. American engineer . mstances, conditions are obtained 358 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHAXICAL EDITION. \oL. 87. No. 7. for the burning of a very low grade of fuel with assurance ofplenty of steam at all times. The engine room is provided with two 250 k. v. a. 3-phase, 60-cycle, 440-volt. 3,600 r. p. m. General Electric turbo-generators run-ning non-condensing; two 14 in. x 24 in. steam x 22 in. x 13 in. airby 18 in. stroke, cross compound, two stage, Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon air compressors, providing an air pressure of 110 lbs.,and having a capacity of cu. ft. of free air per minute at130 r. p
. American engineer . mstances, conditions are obtained 358 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHAXICAL EDITION. \oL. 87. No. 7. for the burning of a very low grade of fuel with assurance ofplenty of steam at all times. The engine room is provided with two 250 k. v. a. 3-phase, 60-cycle, 440-volt. 3,600 r. p. m. General Electric turbo-generators run-ning non-condensing; two 14 in. x 24 in. steam x 22 in. x 13 in. airby 18 in. stroke, cross compound, two stage, Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon air compressors, providing an air pressure of 110 lbs.,and having a capacity of cu. ft. of free air per minute at130 r. p. m.; a 1,000 gallon Alberger centrifugal fire pump, di-rect connected to a 100 h. p. General Electric induction motor;a IS k. w. General Electric motor generator exciter operatingat 125 volts, and a 15 k. w. General Electric turbo generatorexciter operating at 125 volts; a 10 panel black marine slateswitchboard. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-pany ; an exhaust steam hot water heater for the car depart-. Water Heater. ment heating system; a 5 in. Jeanesville Iron \\orks centri-fugal circulating pump operated by a Terry turbine; two Marshvacuum pumps for handling the heating system returns; twoAdams Bagnall series arc light transformers, and a McFell firealarm system controlling switchboard and recording apparatus. In addition to the above equipment the engine room is fittedwith a 5 ton Whiting hand operated crane for handling repairsto machinery. A Richardson-Phoenix automatic oil storageand filtering system is also installed to handle all oil used by theturbines, air compressors and pumps. All drains containingany oil are run through the filtering system and the oil re-covered. Space has been reserved in the north part of the en-gine room for the installation of modern locomotive boilerwashing and refilling equipment. Special attention has been given to the handling of com-pressed air. thermometers being applied to the first stage dis- charge and the second stage in
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