. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . however, extends farther north as far asMafeking, west of the Transvaal border. After crossing the Vaal River at Veree-niging we get into the Transvaal Republic,where the Nederlandsche, Zuid-Afri- mento, Cal. One large and one small coalbunker in cab ; they hold 4/i tons. Fuelis not good; a large percentage is must be cleaned every few miles;fireboxes are provided with large drop-grates, and ash pan is cut away so nohoeing out need be done, otherwise muchtime would be lost in cleaning fires a
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . however, extends farther north as far asMafeking, west of the Transvaal border. After crossing the Vaal River at Veree-niging we get into the Transvaal Republic,where the Nederlandsche, Zuid-Afri- mento, Cal. One large and one small coalbunker in cab ; they hold 4/i tons. Fuelis not good; a large percentage is must be cleaned every few miles;fireboxes are provided with large drop-grates, and ash pan is cut away so nohoeing out need be done, otherwise muchtime would be lost in cleaning fires andash pan. Two classes of engines are used—fifteen25-ton engines, and, so far, 110 47-ton en-gines. New ones are coming from Hollandon every steamer. Sixty-five were recentlyordered. They are put together in Pre-toria, the headquarters of the engines all have trailing bogies andno trucks to guide the driving wheels ;wheels all have flanges. Considerablejerking and lateral thumping against therails is felt when going around shortcurves. No labor has been spared in making. Stand.^rd Locomotive, Transvaai< Rep., South Africa. kaansche Spoorweg Maatschappij has fullswing, a monopoly on railway transporta-tion and construction of railways. I will give a few facts about railroadingon this companys lines, as I run an en-gine for them, as above stated. The Netherlands Railway Company hasall new machinery; the engines are builtof good material and substantially put to-gether, but very badly designed. I will in-close photo to give you an idea what theylook like. The driving j ournals are 4 inchesdiameter; they burn up at a speed of 18miles an hour ; .steam pipes are placed out-side the smokebox a distance of 3 feet;no way of lubricating valves or cylinderswhile working steam. Cylinders andvalves are frequently badly cut. I haveseen large grooves 4 inch deep cut invalves and cylinders on engines not thirtydays out of shop. The valve motion issimilar to that on engines b
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