. American engineer and railroad journal . hroat 91V4 inches, the boiler being ofthe Player belpaire wagon top form, with sex-tuple lap horizontal seams and triple lap cir-cumferential seams. The firebox is 132 by42 inches inside the mud ring, and the gratearea is 37% square feet. There are 424 two-inch tubes 14 ft. 8% in. long over The tube heating surface is 3,237square feet, and with the exception of tbeBaldwin compounds for the Lehigh Valley(American Engineer, December. 1898, page395). this is the largest number of tubes ofwhich we have record. The brick arch issupported on
. American engineer and railroad journal . hroat 91V4 inches, the boiler being ofthe Player belpaire wagon top form, with sex-tuple lap horizontal seams and triple lap cir-cumferential seams. The firebox is 132 by42 inches inside the mud ring, and the gratearea is 37% square feet. There are 424 two-inch tubes 14 ft. 8% in. long over The tube heating surface is 3,237square feet, and with the exception of tbeBaldwin compounds for the Lehigh Valley(American Engineer, December. 1898, page395). this is the largest number of tubes ofwhich we have record. The brick arch issupported on studs. The front end ar-rangement Includes Mr. J. Snowden Bellsspark arrester. The driving wheels are of cast st«el and 57inches in diameter; they have flanges though-out. The cylinders are 23 by 30 Inches; theyare of the same diameter as those of theUnion Railway locomotive (Issue of Novem-ber, 1898, page 365), and 2 inches shorterstroke. The piston rods are extended. The 316 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. -90om- Throat Sheef-. Twelve-Wheel Freight Locomotive—Illinois Central R. R.—Transverse Sectlonsi Leading Characteristics of the Heaviest Modern Freight Locomotives. Railroad Builder Simple or , Type Total weight Weight on drivers Size of dri%er8 Size of cylinders Heating surface Firehox size Grate area Steam pressure .... Size of boiler Tubes, number and size Tubes, length Description in Araeri- ^can Engineer and >Railroad Journal. .J Union. Pittsburgh. Simple. Consolidation. 230,0«0 lbs. lbs. o4 in 23 X 32 in. 3,,^22 120xi0i^in. sq. ft. 200 lbs. 80 in. 355-2!4 in. 15 ft. November. 365. Lehigh Valley. Baldwin. Vauclain Coinpd. Consolidation. 225 082 lbs. 202,232 lbs. 55 in. 18 and 20 by 30 in. 4, sq. ft. 120 X 108 in. 90 so. ft. 200 lbs. 80 in. 511—2 in. 14 ft. IVi in. December. 395. Illinois Central. Brooks. Simple. 12-Wheel. lbs. 193,200 lbs. 57 in. 23 X 30 in. 3,500 sq. ft. 132 X 42 in. :
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