. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ittedwith automatic governor to maintain con-stant - I the various motions arecontrolled by friction clutches. Bel50 and 60 tons of coal can be handled inan hour, and 42 tons of ashes in the sametime. The difference between coal andash handling is not due to slower craneoperation, but is on account of the factthat the bucket though full in each casecontains a greater weight of coal than itis possible to be carried by the samebucket as bulk for bulk the ashes ismuch lighter than the coal. The
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ittedwith automatic governor to maintain con-stant - I the various motions arecontrolled by friction clutches. Bel50 and 60 tons of coal can be handled inan hour, and 42 tons of ashes in the sametime. The difference between coal andash handling is not due to slower craneoperation, but is on account of the factthat the bucket though full in each casecontains a greater weight of coal than itis possible to be carried by the samebucket as bulk for bulk the ashes ismuch lighter than the coal. The crane has all the essential featuresfor general crane service and aside frombucket work, can be applied to any other propelling shafts are babbitted in theirbearings. The wheel base is 5 ft. 2y2 ins.,and the crane operates on a minimumtrack curvature of 60 ft. Both axles areconnected with the propelling engine is supported by two heavychannels that run from frame to motor is of a type that has beentested in service and found consumption is very low, and as a. CLAM-SHELL BUCKET USED WITHGASOLINE CRANE. result of its sturdy construction, repairsare almost negligible. The engine is a4-cylinder. 4-cycle motor with 5 ins., boreand 7 •_• ins., stroke, and is rated at 30 to35 H. P. at 650 revolutions a minute. Thegovernor is of the flyball type with vari-able speed, direct connected with thebutterfly in the carburetor and governswithin 5 per cent, of normal from no load
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