. American engineer and railroad journal . ewKwitchiiiK loeomotlves recently built by the Chicago. Mil-waukee & St. Paul Railway. These engines are known as ClassI. They weigh pounds on drivers and the total weightin workini; order Is pounds, the weight of the tenderbeing pounds. The firebox Is on top of the the boiler is high, giving the enginemen the advantage cf INSPBXmON OP WATCHES. It seems to have been the practice for einployies of the Illi-nois Central to have their watches regulated by others thanthe inspectoi-8 employed by the company for thai serv
. American engineer and railroad journal . ewKwitchiiiK loeomotlves recently built by the Chicago. Mil-waukee & St. Paul Railway. These engines are known as ClassI. They weigh pounds on drivers and the total weightin workini; order Is pounds, the weight of the tenderbeing pounds. The firebox Is on top of the the boiler is high, giving the enginemen the advantage cf INSPBXmON OP WATCHES. It seems to have been the practice for einployies of the Illi-nois Central to have their watches regulated by others thanthe inspectoi-8 employed by the company for thai service, aprocedure likely to lead to complications if permitted to con-tinue, and this hint brought (jut a circular from Geneial Super-intendent Sullivan in which he said: As any standard watchpurchased from an authorized inspector, which fails to runwithin a variation of thirty seconds a weel«, will be redeemedby the Inspector, also by the manufacturer, without expense tothe owner, there Is no object to be gained in attempting to evade. New Switching Locomotive—C, M. & St. P. Ry. elevated positions for watching their work. The following are the chief dimensions of the engines; IJoiler pressure ISO pounds matcriiil 9-10 in h steel Firebox /j-inch steel leuRlh (>( fi feet 6 inches width of 3 fcot 5 depth of ii feet 2;h inches Staying radial Flues 2-inch, 12 feet 10 inches Iohk; number. 17s Heating surface, flues 1,180 square feet firebox 132 square feet total 1,312 square feet Grate area 22 square feet Steam ports 17/3 by H4 inches ITH by 2i. inches Hrid^e 1 V_. inches Value travel 5A Inches outside lap •% inch inside 1-32 inch Valve, mid-gear travel 2 7-16 inches cut-olT, full gear 22 inches Link radius 2 feet 10% inches Cylinders, size of IS x 24 inches Driving journals 7V4 by 1H4 inches Crank pin. front 4 by ?,i; inches main .t by 4% inches reur 4 by 34 inches Crnsshead pin 3 by 3 inches Capacity of tank for water 2,900 g-allons • tender for coal 4 ton
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