. Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States . Fig. 159. * The Portland Company build a four-wheeled engine for switching and forbranch service, weighing 30 tons. Cylinders 15 x 24, wheels 61A, and 92between centres. The front draw casting of the engine is pivoted under the Till: LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE. 399 curves, or for considerable speeds, this form is very much improvedby the addition of a single pair of truck wheels upon Mr. Bissellsplan, as shown in Fig
. Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States . Fig. 159. * The Portland Company build a four-wheeled engine for switching and forbranch service, weighing 30 tons. Cylinders 15 x 24, wheels 61A, and 92between centres. The front draw casting of the engine is pivoted under the Till: LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE. 399 curves, or for considerable speeds, this form is very much improvedby the addition of a single pair of truck wheels upon Mr. Bissellsplan, as shown in Fig. 161. Fig. 160 shows the standard eight-wheeled passenger engine,. Fig. 160. as built by the Portland Company, at Portland, Me. The cylindersare 16 X 22 inches, and the wheels 5 feet 7 inches in diameter,placed 84 inches from centre to centre. The truck wheels areplaced 5 feet 8 inches from centre to centre. The distance fromthe centre of the truck to the centre of the first driving axle is11 feet 5| inches. The total weight is 31 tons, with fire andwater. The whole length of engine and tender is 50 feet. Thetank holds 1900 gallons. A detailed specification of this enginewill be found in the Appendix. The eight-wheeled passenger engine, built by the BaldwinLocomotive Works of Philadelphia, has cylinders 16 X 24 wheels 66 inches, 8 feet centre to centre. Truckwheels 30 inches, placed 5 feet 8 inches centre to centre. Total centre of the saddle, and not over the pilot, as in manv of this class, thus en-abling the engine to work more easily round curves, and reducing the wearupon the flanges on account of the puil being nearer to the cent
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