. French railways . 4-6-2 rOUB-CYLINDEK COMPOUND BNGINB (). throughout, the sides are of rather peculiar engines have a leading bogie, six-coupled 62 FRENCH RAILWAYS wheels, 5 feet, 11 inches in diameter, (some othershave coupled wheels 6 inches bigger) and a smallpair of trailing wheels (4-6-2). Without theirtenders they are very nearly 44 feet long. Otherlines also possess a few of the 4-6-2 type of The newest Nord express engine (No. ). NORD ESGINE is chietly remarkable for the construction of thefirebox, which is composed of a series of watertubes of small diamet
. French railways . 4-6-2 rOUB-CYLINDEK COMPOUND BNGINB (). throughout, the sides are of rather peculiar engines have a leading bogie, six-coupled 62 FRENCH RAILWAYS wheels, 5 feet, 11 inches in diameter, (some othershave coupled wheels 6 inches bigger) and a smallpair of trailing wheels (4-6-2). Without theirtenders they are very nearly 44 feet long. Otherlines also possess a few of the 4-6-2 type of The newest Nord express engine (No. ). NORD ESGINE is chietly remarkable for the construction of thefirebox, which is composed of a series of watertubes of small diameter, to which the water isconducted through large circulating pipes. Ad-vantage being taken of the great strength of thewater tubes, the steam pressure has been in-creased to 25() lb. per square inch. Except that FRENCH RAILWAYS 63 the trailing end of the engine is carried on a bogieinstead of one pair of small wheels, the generalarrangement is the same as with the 4-4-2engines.
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