. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . re of an object lesson to say that thisengine is about as powerful as six of the15 X 22-inch locomotives which were sopopular only a few years ago. The boiler of the Player-Belpaire typeis Sy/f inches diameter at largest part,and 78 inches at smallest ring, being 6inches more than any other locomotiveboiler that we have record of. The fire-box is 124 inches long and 40^2 incheswide, 86 inches deep in front and 79 inchesat back end. The boiler has 376 tubes2l4 inches diameter, 13 feet loj^ incheslong, the
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . re of an object lesson to say that thisengine is about as powerful as six of the15 X 22-inch locomotives which were sopopular only a few years ago. The boiler of the Player-Belpaire typeis Sy/f inches diameter at largest part,and 78 inches at smallest ring, being 6inches more than any other locomotiveboiler that we have record of. The fire-box is 124 inches long and 40^2 incheswide, 86 inches deep in front and 79 inchesat back end. The boiler has 376 tubes2l4 inches diameter, 13 feet loj^ incheslong, these with fire-box giving a totalheating surface of 3,280 square feet. The boiler, dome, steam chests, cylin-ders and cylinder saddles are lagged withSal Mountain asbestos in order to reduceradiation and condensation to a mini-mum, as the engines are to be operated inthe mountains of Montana, where thetemperature frequently descends in in-verse ratio of the altitude. The nozzlesare set 30 inches in front of flue sheet and36J4 inches from the door. The improvedBell spark arrester is L^^ January, 1898. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 63
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