. The locomotive engineer . influence thus strongly exercised witsnot that of ori^nal invention, but of sound judg-ment—a ptwjtical appreciation of what was best among all the diverse details of construction whichhe had found in the current practice, or whicharose iu his own effort for improvement. A 8CyIiiHlcr Locomotive. Since the publication, in November, of the facttimt there were in use 3-cylinder locomotives, wehave had several requests for working details, Thesi- were designed and pattutcd byJohn B, Smith, now president of the Erie & Wyo-ming Ry,, in 1880. They have three
. The locomotive engineer . influence thus strongly exercised witsnot that of ori^nal invention, but of sound judg-ment—a ptwjtical appreciation of what was best among all the diverse details of construction whichhe had found in the current practice, or whicharose iu his own effort for improvement. A 8CyIiiHlcr Locomotive. Since the publication, in November, of the facttimt there were in use 3-cylinder locomotives, wehave had several requests for working details, Thesi- were designed and pattutcd byJohn B, Smith, now president of the Erie & Wyo-ming Ry,, in 1880. They have three cylinders, each8 bore by 13 stroke ; four driving wheels 34diiim.; steam ports) by 6; j-inehlap of valve, oneinside connecting rod. two outside eonnccling rods,and weigh 4 tons. It is claimed that these engines have hauled 98tons up a grade of 45 jier mile, ftt a s|)eed of 8miles i>cr hour, whh 130 pounds of slenm. Supi)ose you are standing on the left side of en-gine ; Fig. 1 represents the piston of main rod and. J^ftf. 4. side rod on the right side; Fig, 2 the center engineand its connections, and Fig. 3 the left engine andits connections. Fig, 4 is II plan showing the location of the cylin-ders, the tliree sets of eccentrics, and the inside sidi-rod. The inside cylinder is placed out of the as to make room for the inside paralleled rodFrom the illustrations the whole plan will be ptito any mechanic. William, received to-day. In reply I woidd saythat, during my lime there (four years), iti no oneinstance were steam pipes removed for the pur])0seof remedjnng a leak, as none The engines Srincipally in use there are built by Dub & Co.,lasgow. The steum pipes are heUi in place byfour bolts at either end, with rings of very niuclisofter metal than in general use on Americanengines; thai, is, a larger proportion of round joints to all appeamnces had never beenground. IIS. when removing pipes in sevend to take out tubes, the tool or c
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