. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . msnecessary. The following are the general dimensionsof this locomotive : Gage of track, 4 ft. 8!< 13 in. H. P., 22 in. L. P., by26-in. stroke. Driver, 844 in. diameter, cast steel. Total wheel base, 22 ft. 9 in. Rigid wheel base, 7 ft. Wheel base, engine and tender, 50 ft. Weight, in working order, 115,000 lbs. Weight on drivers, 48,000 lbs. Weight on trailer, 28,000 lbs. Weight on truck, 39,000 lbs. Limit of height, 14 ft. 3 in. Limit of width 9 ft. 32 in. The tender has a water capaci
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . msnecessary. The following are the general dimensionsof this locomotive : Gage of track, 4 ft. 8!< 13 in. H. P., 22 in. L. P., by26-in. stroke. Driver, 844 in. diameter, cast steel. Total wheel base, 22 ft. 9 in. Rigid wheel base, 7 ft. Wheel base, engine and tender, 50 ft. Weight, in working order, 115,000 lbs. Weight on drivers, 48,000 lbs. Weight on trailer, 28,000 lbs. Weight on truck, 39,000 lbs. Limit of height, 14 ft. 3 in. Limit of width 9 ft. 32 in. The tender has a water capacity of , frame of 8-in. channel iron ; fittedwith water scoop; Boies wrought-ironcenter steel-tired wheels ; journals, 4/i xSin. This engine is known in the works asClass SjlX A. I have before me a copy of the officialtrain sheet of the road showing elevenround trips of this engine, which showsconclusively that she does not make hertime by fast running in spurts; On Time at almost ever\ stop shows good makes five stops going in one direc-tion and seven in the You Dont Have to Guess Wh.\t This Means. Boiler, Wootten ; shell, 56 in. diameter atarch, straight, made of )i in. steel; longi-tudinal seams butt jointed ; circumferen-tial seams, double riveted ; working press-ure, 200 lbs. per square inch ; dome overfirebox. Three hundred and twenty-four tubesI/z in. diameter, 13 W. G., and 10 ft. 3 Firebox 114 in. long by 96 in. wide ; side,back and crown sheets ys in. flue sheet }4in. thick, water space 3!2 in. Crown supported by crown bars of in-verted T irons set 2}^ in. above sheet; stay-bolts IJ s in. diameter, spaced 4 in. be-tween centers. Water tube grates and bars. Engine truck, rigid, center bearing ; 36in. wrought-iron Vauclain wheels, steeltired; journals, 5>^xio in.; trailing wheels,54X in., cast steel; journals, 7x12 in. The valves are 11 /i in. diameter, pistonpattern ; drivers (2) 84^ in. diameter out-side tires; centers, 78 in.;
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