. The locomotive engineer . s are- held in by a set-screw throttgh the box. Un a recent visit to the Wilnungtoushops we saw nolid bronze boxes weigh-ing a/iU |>uunibi, being finished for someIienvy engines in pnK^ess of construc-tion. Tfif itttilroiia (iuultt wiys: The maximum sjwwlou the eleviitjx] roads is 25 miles per hour, and on ulevel line it retiuires from to feel to getup 8{H-ed. The avenigc hor«c jiower to do the workrequired Is 145. The avemge < nnhumplion of coul|)er ndle is pounds. The average number ofmiles run per ton of coal Is iiounds. The en-gine« w
. The locomotive engineer . s are- held in by a set-screw throttgh the box. Un a recent visit to the Wilnungtoushops we saw nolid bronze boxes weigh-ing a/iU |>uunibi, being finished for someIienvy engines in pnK^ess of construc-tion. Tfif itttilroiia (iuultt wiys: The maximum sjwwlou the eleviitjx] roads is 25 miles per hour, and on ulevel line it retiuires from to feel to getup 8{H-ed. The avenigc hor«c jiower to do the workrequired Is 145. The avemge < nnhumplion of coul|)er ndle is pounds. The average number ofmiles run per ton of coal Is iiounds. The en-gine« work on an average of about 20 hour« perday witli two crews, each crew aveniging 70 mitraand making 20t!l stops during thai lime. cylinder having no effect whatever upon themical combustion of furl in iIh funWith \. iln . , because iln i\liiiii-i i. .Ir |ithe blast hy which ih fin! i-i up. It thus frequently liap . -J ___ l»., 37 <li^ if C 1. ^^,:.:::^ T ^..•-1 •^ I- ■ ;.. W. & B. tiTASDAniJ BiioszK Box. gram which would delight Ihe eye of the indicatorman. nnd which would reiin-sj-nl to him the veiyacme of cfllciency In that type f eFijriiii-, wouldbreak flu- bru k ..f the !rimii(i. iind ■nLiur .>f .. , 11 .liri:. ixlii. Ii, . .. by il-,\S. I lilV iniealidercd a Iihe ., 1»very jKMirone, mighl provi- in pracliec to lie theone giving ihe best icoiiomy hy actual weighing ofcoal consumed. It may he Miid that for everycylinder of given dimensioiiH. und having stcumfiupplieil to it at a given prexMure, there ix a »TlalndUlribulion of steam which Ik the beat one for that We can hardly believe this, but it may he this engineer could have slopped hy any means,and did not. munier. jiiire nnd simple, whs com-mtlted. Itisu poor bridfte that wont stand thestrain of stopping u|nm it; and if this was such anon
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