. American engineer and railroad journal . sure, and is fitted with the Baldwin design of smoke- * See American Engineer and Railroad Journal, March, 1907, p. 88. box superheater. The boiler is 84 in. diameter at the front endand has 472 2-in. flues, making it one of the largest ever appliedto a locomotive of any type designed for regular road service. The locomotive weighs 260,1000 lbs, of which 232,700 lbs., or89 per cent., is on the drivers. This gives a weight of 58,175lbs. per axle, which we believe is the greatest weight ever puton one pair of locomotive driving wheels. The main journals
. American engineer and railroad journal . sure, and is fitted with the Baldwin design of smoke- * See American Engineer and Railroad Journal, March, 1907, p. 88. box superheater. The boiler is 84 in. diameter at the front endand has 472 2-in. flues, making it one of the largest ever appliedto a locomotive of any type designed for regular road service. The locomotive weighs 260,1000 lbs, of which 232,700 lbs., or89 per cent., is on the drivers. This gives a weight of 58,175lbs. per axle, which we believe is the greatest weight ever puton one pair of locomotive driving wheels. The main journalsare 11 x 12 in., and the others are 10 x 12 in. The next heaviestlocomotive of this type on our records is the one on the P., B. &L. E., built in 1900, which weighs 250,300 lbs. total, and 225,200lbs. on drivers, giving a weight of 56,300 lbs. per axle. The mainjournals are 10 x 13 in., the others being 9 x 13 in. This isfollowed by those on the Delaware and Hudson Companys line(American Engineer, January, 1907, page 22), which weighs. ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS OF SIMPLE CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE WITH BALDWIN superheater. August, 1907. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 301
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