. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e, which produces a rapidand sure return to center, though allow-ing considerable side movement. The boiler is one of the -extensionw-agou-tnp variety, with wide fire box. Uoilcr—Working pressure, 210 lbs,: UiiclcneftH ofplates in barrelsand outnide of fire box, H. H,fn-A. A in,; firebox, lent(th. 90 in.; firebox,widlli, 6H in.; fire Ijox, depth, front, 67 In.;l)ack,57in.; fire Imx. water space, 4 front; jJisides, s% back; tubes, No. 11 B. W. O.; heatingsurface, tubes, <u\. ft.; fire
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e, which produces a rapidand sure return to center, though allow-ing considerable side movement. The boiler is one of the -extensionw-agou-tnp variety, with wide fire box. Uoilcr—Working pressure, 210 lbs,: UiiclcneftH ofplates in barrelsand outnide of fire box, H. H,fn-A. A in,; firebox, lent(th. 90 in.; firebox,widlli, 6H in.; fire Ijox, depth, front, 67 In.;l)ack,57in.; fire Imx. water space, 4 front; jJisides, s% back; tubes, No. 11 B. W. O.; heatingsurface, tubes, <u\. ft.; fire box, 146 sq. 2,016 s<|. ft ; grate surface. 41 s »to ll>s. First Sleeping Cars. Many accounts 01 the origin of sleepingcars have been published, but the earliestreference to this means of promoting thecomfort of passengers is contained in thefollowing article which appeared in theBaltimore Chronicle, of October 31,1838: The cars intended for night travelingbetween this city and Philadelphia and. F.\ST PASSENGER 4-4--. ENGINE FOR THE & TERRE HAVTE ture of engines on a large scale, in orderto meet the demand. Evansville & Terra Haute FastPassenger Engine. The American Locomotive Companyhave recently turned out of their Dun-kirk shops some 4-4-2 engines for theEvansville & Terre Haute Railroad, ahalf-tone illustration of which is Iiereshown. The engine is simple, with and 73-in. driving wheels. Thetotal weight of the machine is 150,000lbs., of which 88,000 lbs. rest upon thedrivers. The valve motion is direct, botharms of the rocker being above the pivotpoint, and the transmission bar passeswith a gentle curve over the forwarddriving axle. The valves are balancedpiston. The pedestal binders are madesomething in the form of a link with ascrew at one end. This encloses thebase of the pedestals, and with a filling The total heating surface amounts sq. feet, made up as follows: Fire-box, 146 sq. ft.; tubes, sq. ft. Thegr
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