. Railway master mechanic [microform] . le and live steam pipes is similar to that used onheavy articulated locomotives previously built at these exhaust from the high-pressure cylinders passes intotwo pipes which lead to the superheater. These pipes areof steel, and each is fitted, at the back end, with a slip jointmade tight with a packed gland. The steam enters the super-heater at the front end of the device and passes successivelythrough six groups of tubes. It then enters a T-connection,from which it is conveyed to the low-pressure cylindersthrough a single pipe having a ball jo
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . le and live steam pipes is similar to that used onheavy articulated locomotives previously built at these exhaust from the high-pressure cylinders passes intotwo pipes which lead to the superheater. These pipes areof steel, and each is fitted, at the back end, with a slip jointmade tight with a packed gland. The steam enters the super-heater at the front end of the device and passes successivelythrough six groups of tubes. It then enters a T-connection,from which it is conveyed to the low-pressure cylindersthrough a single pipe having a ball joint at each end and aslip joint in the middle. Each low pressure cylinder is castseparately, and is bolted to a large steel box casting, whichis suitably cored out to convey the steam from the receiverpipe to a pair of short elbow pipes, making final connectionwith the low-pressure steam chests. The distribution is herecontrolled by 15-in. piston valves which are duplicates ofthose used on the high-pressure cylinders. The final exhaust. Elevation of Articulated Compound Locomotive, Southern Pacific Co. May, 1000. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 151 ~~- -~ ^g^^ ■ ^p* ~-jik % ■•Mf Jt \ jfK *■: ;. L> ^ —*T*iL . ; New Articulated Locomotive, Southern Pacific Co. passes out through the front of each casting, into a T-con-nection, which communicates with a flexible pipe leading tothe smoke-box. The slip joint in this pipe is made tight bymeans of snap rings and leakage grooves. At the smoke-boxend, the ball joint is fitted with a coiled spring which holdsthe pipe against its seat. The valves for both the high andlow-pressure engines are set with a travel of 5^4 ins. and alead of 5-16 ins. The steam tap is 1 in. and the exhaustclearance 1-16 in. Reversing is effected by the Raggonetpower gear, which is operated by compressed air and is self-locking. The gear is directly connected to the high-pressurereverse shaft. The reach rod connection to the low-pressurereverse shaft, is plac
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