. Railroad digest . A TRIP WITH THE KINCAID STOKER. The trip described was over a portion of the Chesapeake andOhio Railroad, and was made on a large engine temporarilyfitted with this stoker. The engine has 2,50G feet heating sur-face, and weighs 186,500 The train weighed 1,800 tons,and was composed of 45 cars. On one very heavy up-grade,which took 35 minutes to climb, the mechanical stoker workedat 13 strokes to the minute, and the steam pressure stood at 200to 205 all the time. The curves at this portion of the roadadd very considerably to train resistance. A 30-foot grade in, the All
. Railroad digest . A TRIP WITH THE KINCAID STOKER. The trip described was over a portion of the Chesapeake andOhio Railroad, and was made on a large engine temporarilyfitted with this stoker. The engine has 2,50G feet heating sur-face, and weighs 186,500 The train weighed 1,800 tons,and was composed of 45 cars. On one very heavy up-grade,which took 35 minutes to climb, the mechanical stoker workedat 13 strokes to the minute, and the steam pressure stood at 200to 205 all the time. The curves at this portion of the roadadd very considerably to train resistance. A 30-foot grade in, the Alleghenies, 12 miles long, was encountered, the trainweighing 1,600 tons. This test showed the stokers ability tokeep up steam from 195 to 200 lbs. The return trip was madewithout the mechanical stoker. The engines of this class aresaid to be hard steamers, and the thoroughly competent fire-man who was employed on this trip failed to get more than150 lbs. steam Michigan Driver Brake Retainer Railuau Master Mechanic, May, 1901, p. Mi(hig Driver Brake Retainer, shown in the engrav-ing lb used to keep thetrain bunched after the brakes have1 Lcn leleased in order to prevent shocks to the train on a sec-ond appliiation, and also to prevent the train from partingwhen the biakes have been released, caused by the forwardLud of the tiam surging ahead while the brakes are not fullyiikised on the tear end. This device also facilitates handlingibt tiain at ciossing and water-crane stops, where the train canIt handkd with greater dispatch, since all the brakes can be
Size: 1994px × 1253px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectrailroa, bookyear1901
