. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o applied. The following are the prin-cipal dimensions: Gauge, 4 ft. 8*/i ins. Weight on drivers, 394,000 lbs.; totalrunning order, 458,000 lbs. Wheel Base—Rigid, 15 ft. and 15 ft.;ti ital engine, 56 ft. 8 ins Early Track Gauges,ity of track gauges was noti about without violent strug-gli between the advocates of the dif-ferent widths. Ihe Erie, with its 400mill i of 6 ft. gauge, for a time took thelead, but other interests fought furious-ly for the standard gauge of 4 ft. 8V2ins. Very troubl
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o applied. The following are the prin-cipal dimensions: Gauge, 4 ft. 8*/i ins. Weight on drivers, 394,000 lbs.; totalrunning order, 458,000 lbs. Wheel Base—Rigid, 15 ft. and 15 ft.;ti ital engine, 56 ft. 8 ins Early Track Gauges,ity of track gauges was noti about without violent strug-gli between the advocates of the dif-ferent widths. Ihe Erie, with its 400mill i of 6 ft. gauge, for a time took thelead, but other interests fought furious-ly for the standard gauge of 4 ft. 8V2ins. Very troublesome riots occurred inErie, Pa., in December, 1853. Theowners of the Erie & Northeast Kail-road, which extended from Erie to theState line of New York, determined tochange the gauge of the road from 6ft. to conform with the two connectingroads which had a gauge of 4 ft. 10 would put a stop to the necessityof breaking bulk at Erie, which hada serious inconvenience to travel-ers and freight shippers. The legalright to make the proposed change wasnot questioned, but the people of Erie. MALLET TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVES FOB llll. DENVEK & RIO GRANDE F. Enright, Supt. Motive Power & Car Dept. American Locomotive 1 ompany, Builders. Springfield to Thistle, a distance of fifteenmiles, the maximum resistance is due to per cent, grade in combination with7}4-degree curves. From Thistle toTucker, a distance of 17 miles, the maxi-mum resistance is a per cent, grade incombination with 8-degree curves. FromTucker to Summit, a distance of miles,the maximum resistance is due to a cent, grade in combination with 11-degree curves. This is the crucial part ofthe division. Hitherto the freight trafficon this division has been handled by con-solidation locomotives having a totalweight of 221,000 pounds and a tractiveeffort of 42,000 pounds. These newMallets have a total weight of 458,000pounds, 394,000 being on drivers. Thetheoretical maximum tractive power,wor
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