. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ounds. Tubes, number—320. Tubes, diameter—2 inches. Tubes, length over tube sheets—14 feet. Heating surface—Tubes, 2, squarefeet; water tubes, square feet; fire-box. square feet; total, feet. Grate surface— square feet. Among the equipment are: Leach sandlilast,D-2, double; Little Giant bell-ringer;magnesia sectional lagging on boiler andcylinders; tower couplers at front of en-gine and rear of tender. No. 6 driven by a god which took the form ofsteam. When it went
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ounds. Tubes, number—320. Tubes, diameter—2 inches. Tubes, length over tube sheets—14 feet. Heating surface—Tubes, 2, squarefeet; water tubes, square feet; fire-box. square feet; total, feet. Grate surface— square feet. Among the equipment are: Leach sandlilast,D-2, double; Little Giant bell-ringer;magnesia sectional lagging on boiler andcylinders; tower couplers at front of en-gine and rear of tender. No. 6 driven by a god which took the form ofsteam. When it went wrong they thoughtthe god was angry and needed propitiatingby the sacrifice of a human being. Onenight a Hindoo laborer named Govindahwas passing the mill. Some workmen,sitting in the yard smoking, called out tohim to join them. The gang had ju^tbeen discussing the vagaries of the en-gine and the necessity of offering a sacri-fice to it. The whole party walked towardthe boiler, and some of the men seizedGovindah. Others swung open the fur-nace door and the unfortunate man was. SCHENECTADY TEN-WHEELER FOR DULUTH & IRON R.\NGE. of slide valves—S\inch. Greatest travelinches. Outside lap of slide valves-Inside lap of slide valves—Line andline. Lead of valves—J4 i^h ^^ 6-inch cut-off. F. and B. Diameter of driving wheels—58 inches. Driving journals—8V2 inches diameterby 11 inches. Main crank pin journaIs( main side. 6/4X 4 13-16 inches)—6 inches diameter by6 inches. Side rod crank pin journals—F. and B.,45-2 inches diameter by 4 inches. Truck journals—6 inches diameter by10 inches. Truck wheels—30 inches. Outside diameter of first ring—62inches. Sacrifice to the Engine God. India is a country where the gross super-stitions prevailing among the natives fre-quently produce the most horrible and in-conceivable tragedies. Many of these aredone in secret, but now and then theycome to light, and give a startling re-minder to the Englishmen in India thatEast i
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