. Railway Times . the same kind, as pushers, to haul thisload up the [9-mile grade to Ararat, at which point thepushers cut loose. With this power a speed of about 10 and driving wheels 51 in. in diameter, the theorel ical maximumtractive power, working compound, c alculated by I he AmerU anLocomotive Companys formula, is io5,ooolbs. The tractivepower thus calculated represents very accurately the actualpower that the locomotive can develop at a piston speinot over 250ft. per minute. With the American LocomiCompanys system oi compounding, the normal maximumtractive power working compound can b
. Railway Times . the same kind, as pushers, to haul thisload up the [9-mile grade to Ararat, at which point thepushers cut loose. With this power a speed of about 10 and driving wheels 51 in. in diameter, the theorel ical maximumtractive power, working compound, c alculated by I he AmerU anLocomotive Companys formula, is io5,ooolbs. The tractivepower thus calculated represents very accurately the actualpower that the locomotive can develop at a piston speinot over 250ft. per minute. With the American LocomiCompanys system oi compounding, the normal maximumtractive power working compound can be ini reased about20 per cent, by changinj ine into simple. The maxi- mum tractive power ol gines working simple is thus i26,ooolbs. With the same average weight per driving axle and a rigidwheel base 2ft. 3111. shorter, rticulated locomotives, under normal working conditions, have over twice the powerof the consolidation class, and in case of emergency can exerta tractive power more than two and a halt tn 1 at as. Boiler of New Mallet Engine. miles per houi 1 an be maintained on the six-mile ruling grade1 I it v. and a speed oi 15 miles per hour o remaining i| miles ol th With .1 view the opet I the ii .11 and I rains, th 1 iffii tals .,1 1 he 1 Delaware and 11 udsim . ided to in 1 be .111. ieni y of 1 be Mallei ve for this set vice. rhe aim was 1 1 1 pu 1 ient power to move the maximum train load up the billwith two engines instead of tin Tests showed that one of the heavy Mall. I mployed on the Erie Railroad could do the work of two engines of the lat 1 Ine oi the; ne of the original 1. 3 in the lead, « ill train up tl dal ton locomotives. \pait from the increase ii nt arranj• nd the situal thehigh eneath the running boat The low-pressure (J lind( is are the these builders being 11 ins. in diameter, with rokc. Steam is distributed to the high-pressure cylinders by i^in. 592 THE RAILWAY TIMES. [June ii, 1910. 1 valves The low-pressure cylinders arc equipped
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