. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . to reset ordinarytubes. For the heavy freight traffic over theGhat Mountains on the Great Indian Pen-insula Railway some large 2-8-0 en-gines have recently been sent out to re-place the smaller six-coupled enginespreviously used on the main line. The av-erage load drawn by these engines ex-ceeds 1,000 tons. These new engines arefine specimens of modern British loco-motive design, and should give a good ac-count of themselves in a country whererough treatment is more likely to be ac-corded the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . to reset ordinarytubes. For the heavy freight traffic over theGhat Mountains on the Great Indian Pen-insula Railway some large 2-8-0 en-gines have recently been sent out to re-place the smaller six-coupled enginespreviously used on the main line. The av-erage load drawn by these engines ex-ceeds 1,000 tons. These new engines arefine specimens of modern British loco-motive design, and should give a good ac-count of themselves in a country whererough treatment is more likely to be ac-corded them than smooth. They havebeen built at Glasgow by The NorthBritish Locomotive Co. (Atlas Works)and re-erected at Parel shops; they areknown as Hi type. The chief dimensionsare, cylinders 21x26 ins., drivers 4 ft. 7 The boiler Tias a total heating surfaceof 2,079 sq. ft. The working pressure is180 lbs. per sq. in. and grate area 32sq. ft. The equipment for the aut-omatic vacuum brake comprises oneof the new C type combination ejectors April. iQog. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 177. and two brake cylinders. Steam sandinggear is fitted. The boiler is covered withasbestos, as also is the inner roof of thecab. The weight of the engine in work-ing order is 70 tons, and of engine and ft. of which is contributed by 2i/| tubesi\i ins. diameter. The firebox has a grate:;rea of 23 sq. ft. The tanks carry gallons of water, and the bun-ker 2/i tons of coal. These engines (Nos. tmdmsS hm ^^ .■ HP F* _= ^~B^^^M pHBi s •II ^ II1 ^tt ^^ g 1 f 1 iimii -S!^ vfri^. ■ ■ m^_ ( RAILWAY o 8m. RNGlNli. tender full 125 tons. Tlic large tenderhas bogie wheels that are 3 ft. 7 in. diam-eter, and carries 10 tons of coal and 4,500imperial gallons of water; there is aMonarch water gauge fitted to indicatethe height of the water in the tank. 79-94) are employed on the Bombay su-burban service, and handle trains of sevenI;;rge bogie cars weighing about 35 tonseach
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