. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . construction is concerned, theyfollow the Associated Lines practiceclosclv The design of the frames and !-8-o 1-OR Till: ) (.Ki:.\T WliSTERN R.\1LU(1.\I) Works, niiilders. cipal dimensions of the 2-8-0 class of loco-motives. Boiler.—Type, straight; material, steel; diameter,80 ins.; thickness of sheets, H in.; work-ing in-essure, 200 lbs.; fuel, soft coal;staying. T-crown bars. Firebox.—-NIatcrial, steel; length, 108 1/16 ins.;width, 66K ins.; depth, front, 74 ins.;depth, bac
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . construction is concerned, theyfollow the Associated Lines practiceclosclv The design of the frames and !-8-o 1-OR Till: ) (.Ki:.\T WliSTERN R.\1LU(1.\I) Works, niiilders. cipal dimensions of the 2-8-0 class of loco-motives. Boiler.—Type, straight; material, steel; diameter,80 ins.; thickness of sheets, H in.; work-ing in-essure, 200 lbs.; fuel, soft coal;staying. T-crown bars. Firebox.—-NIatcrial, steel; length, 108 1/16 ins.;width, 66K ins.; depth, front, 74 ins.;depth, back, 63^ ins.; thickness of sheets. Engine Truck Wheels.—Diameter, front, 33 ins,;journals, 6 x 10 ins. Wheel Base.—Driving, 17 ft. 0 ins.; total, 25 ft 8 ins.; total, engine and tender,58 ft. 6 ins. Weight (estimated).—On driving wheels, 187,oo»lbs.; on truck, front. 29,000 lbs.; total, en-gine, 216,000 lbs.; total, engine and tender,about 360,000 lbs. Tender.—Wheels, diameter, 33 ins.; journals,SA X 10 ins.; tank capacity, 8,000 gals.;Fuel capacity, 11 tons; service, SECTIONAL OP EMEBSON SUPERHEATKR. Rates of Long Ago. Railway managers who are constantlyabused for charging high rates for trans-portation service might look back long-ingly to the early days of the railway the common carriers were at libertyto charge what the business would standwithout killing the goose that laid thegolden egg. In the light of present dayagitation what once was, is trulymarvelous. In 1840 the Philadelphia & ColumbiaRailroad was in a flourishing citizen of Pennsylvania was allowedito run his own cars over the railroad onpaying a toll varied from 6 mills to 4 centsper ton mile. During the first nine monthsof operating the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-road the charge per ton mile was 6 cents. In 1H37 the charges for carrying freighton a few of our leading railroads wereper ton mile: Baltimore & Ohio, 4J4cents; Baltimore & Washington, 4 cents;Winc
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