. The locomotive engineer . u»ed forlinumber of years. Pumps, cast-iron; ball valves; plunger, IJdiameter. Steam ports. 13xli. Exhaust porta. 13x2i. Lap, i; I Link motion, iron case-hardened. Lead. A; * Radius, 66. No inside lap; eccentrics 12j diameter, 4ithrow, Travel of valve, H. Crank-pins (main), Si diameter by 3 long, by2i diameter by 2i long. Other crank-pins. 21x3. Cylinders, steam chests, dome, checks, sand-boxcasing, and bands covered with Russia iron, brassmniddings. Frames. 4 wide, 2 thick or deep. sides and top of No. 9 iron ; frame covered with,^ iron ; brakes on each wheel. Weig
. The locomotive engineer . u»ed forlinumber of years. Pumps, cast-iron; ball valves; plunger, IJdiameter. Steam ports. 13xli. Exhaust porta. 13x2i. Lap, i; I Link motion, iron case-hardened. Lead. A; * Radius, 66. No inside lap; eccentrics 12j diameter, 4ithrow, Travel of valve, H. Crank-pins (main), Si diameter by 3 long, by2i diameter by 2i long. Other crank-pins. 21x3. Cylinders, steam chests, dome, checks, sand-boxcasing, and bands covered with Russia iron, brassmniddings. Frames. 4 wide, 2 thick or deep. sides and top of No. 9 iron ; frame covered with,^ iron ; brakes on each wheel. Weight, 20 gross tons. Tried October 19, 1880. The N. P. road an; putting in thp new styleBaker heaters in their cars. Although they qienta great deal of money experimenting with steamheat, they arc not sattsfie<l with it for lung trainsoften or twelve cars in their cold cliiuat-—all thelocomotive wants to do to pull the train, A mufHing device in the front end of the N. ^ines does not seem to prevent the throwing of. ■-■«a<e5^ai!^tsc- The eiii-int ivpn-jents a type pretty well in theadvance of lucomolive building thirty years ago,well remembered by old-timers, but hardly under-stood by the younger portion of railroad Rizes have more Ilian doubled, the generalplan of the American S-wheelcr has not undergonemuch change—just observe the difTcrence in azeof this locomolives purls, and the ones you arcFlow faiiiiliiir with. The data wn* takenfrom the original onli-r hooks of the works : Eiigiiuand tender. ■■8. H. Witmer, built forand sent to Enslern Texas H. H. Gmige of nmd,5i feel Fiul, wood. Cylinders, 13\22 . horizontal. Drivers, 60; axlea. 6; wrought tlnis, 2i thick. Tnick, 28; axlea. 4; cast-iron, chilled. Tender. 8-80; axlea, 4; cast-iron, Tubes. 100, of copper, lU fwt 0 inches long, 2inches diameter. Boiler, Inside diameter smallest ring. 381, Plates, yV; till- slicets, i hack, -/t front. Boilershell. 54 long, 48 wide: thro
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