. Cassier's magazine . FIG. 21. ENGINE OF THE 2-8-0 TYPE, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ni CASSIERS MAGAZINE. FIG. 22. ENGINE OF THE 0-8-0 TYPE, BUILT BY THE VIENNA ENGINEERING COMPANY, FLORIDSDORF, FOR THE AUSTRIAN STATE RAILWAYS modified as required by the fact thata superheater is fitted and as calledfor by the officers of the railway. Thesteam pressure is only 160 poundsper square inch, thus providing afurther example of the tendency tolower steam pressures when usinghighly superheated steam. Hitherto the 2-8-0 wheel type hasbeen practically unknown in Britishlocomotive practice for tank engines,a
. Cassier's magazine . FIG. 21. ENGINE OF THE 2-8-0 TYPE, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ni CASSIERS MAGAZINE. FIG. 22. ENGINE OF THE 0-8-0 TYPE, BUILT BY THE VIENNA ENGINEERING COMPANY, FLORIDSDORF, FOR THE AUSTRIAN STATE RAILWAYS modified as required by the fact thata superheater is fitted and as calledfor by the officers of the railway. Thesteam pressure is only 160 poundsper square inch, thus providing afurther example of the tendency tolower steam pressures when usinghighly superheated steam. Hitherto the 2-8-0 wheel type hasbeen practically unknown in Britishlocomotive practice for tank engines,and for that reason the new designillustrated in Fig. 21 is interesting;but there are also other featureswhich render these engines notable. The design has been introduced forthe purpose of dealing with the heavySouth Wales mineral traffic of theGreat Western Railway, and pro-vides a tank-engine version of theeight-coupled (2-8-0) tender enginesused for the main-line coal the local traffic has beendealt with by 2-^-2 tank engines, withthe ordinary six-coupled saddle tanksfor the li
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