. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . als are 9x12ins. The pistons drive on the middlewheels. The crosshead is one of theLaird type and the main valves are theregular D-sIide. The boiler is a straight top one, withBelpaire fire box. It is 671/2 ins. at the happened in Glasgow as long ago as July27. A passenger train belonging to theNorth British Railway, entering St. EnochStation, was not properly under controlof the engine driver, and it struck thebuffer stop with such violence that were telescoped with the resultt
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . als are 9x12ins. The pistons drive on the middlewheels. The crosshead is one of theLaird type and the main valves are theregular D-sIide. The boiler is a straight top one, withBelpaire fire box. It is 671/2 ins. at the happened in Glasgow as long ago as July27. A passenger train belonging to theNorth British Railway, entering St. EnochStation, was not properly under controlof the engine driver, and it struck thebuffer stop with such violence that were telescoped with the resultthat seventeen passengers were killed and64 were injured. The principal blame is put upon the en-gine driver, for not having the train underproper control; but the railway companyis severely censured for using antiquatedbrakes. A curious thing about Col. Yorksreport is that he considered it necessaryto discuss recommendations made by vari-ous persons, that empty carriages or vansshould be placed between engine andpassenger coaches to receive the destruc-tive shocks experienced when a collision. Kt- * i«rp. C-g. ROGERS SIX-WHEKt SWITCHER FOR THE GRE.\T NORTHERN. chased from Henry R. Worthington, ofNew York City, each driven by a 2,000horse-power Westinghouse alternatingcurrent motor. The total horse-powerutilized will thus be 6,000, making thisthe largest electric pumping station inthe vvorld. The pumps and other piecesof machinery for this plant are now be-ing installed at St. Louis. Club agents would earn blessingsfrom the young ladies of our mailing de-partment by sending in their list earlyin the month. A Long-Felt Want. Casey—Oi see theres bin anotherrailroad wreck due to an open switch. Cassidy—Ay, tis a pity some wandont invint a switch thotll stay shutwhin its open.—Philadelphia Press. front end. The fire box, with grate areaof sq. ft., has also a heating surfaceof 164 sq. ft., and that of the tubes be-ing 1,708, brings the total heating surfaceup to 1,87
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