. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hin spot that needed cov-ering up. lowing post, and then the succeeding sation was entirely absent in this com- These trains were run for three notations were 60, 59, 56, 52, 50, 48, 46, pound. The work done gauged in horse-months last year on the 50 minute sched- 52, 53, 53. 51, 50, 52, 49, 50, 53, 52, 50, power per hour was enormous, and per-ule, with the same men on the engine, 4c. 44. 45, 42, 44 seconds for each sue- haps unprecedented for a locomotive,without a single mishap, or without
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hin spot that needed cov-ering up. lowing post, and then the succeeding sation was entirely absent in this com- These trains were run for three notations were 60, 59, 56, 52, 50, 48, 46, pound. The work done gauged in horse-months last year on the 50 minute sched- 52, 53, 53. 51, 50, 52, 49, 50, 53, 52, 50, power per hour was enormous, and per-ule, with the same men on the engine, 4c. 44. 45, 42, 44 seconds for each sue- haps unprecedented for a locomotive,without a single mishap, or without los- ceeding mile. Then I made up my mind but it was performed with remarkableing a minute of time. The engine never that the high speed was authentic and smoothness, and the impression was al-had a hot pin or bearing, and, in spite of put my watch in my pocket the better to ways present that the engine still hadthe tremendous work put upon it, was note particulars about the handling of some margin of power in reserve whichalways ready to turn round and take the engine. could be used if MODERN 4-4-2 ENGINE ON THE P. S: R. FLYERS. June, [908 R Ml U W VND LOl OM< I 1 - 1 Gl : ■ RING About four miles from Atlantic Citya signal was against the train, anil thespeed was reduced to abpul 20 milt anhour before the -lenal \\as loweredThat was about three-quarters of a milefrom the succeeding mile post 1 notedthe tune from that mile post to the nextone arid the mile was run in 60 secondI hat will give a good idea of the powerof the engine. Two minutes was usedin running the last two miles throughthe switches. At least one minute waslost with the signal check. With thesedeductions I calculate that the averagerun was made at a speed of over 70 milesan hour. The engines used to-day, such as isshown in our frontispiece, are simplewith cylinders 21 x 24 ins. and drivingwheels 84^4 ins. in diameter. The mainvalves are 11! the Richardson type, doubleported. The steam pressure c
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