. American engineer and railroad journal . -5V—tls= - in Pipe fromSaddle STEAM PIPES BETWEEN CYLINDERS AND SADDLE CASTING—VIRGINIAN 2-8-2 TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. 228 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD FRAME RRACE—VIRGINIAN 2-8-2 TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. front which are driven home in pairs with their taper faces incontact and then bolted in plate. A further fastening is madeby three 2\A in. bolts which pass continuously from one cylinderto the other, having nuts on both ends. These bolts do not bearin the frames, which are cut away to give the proper clearance,nor do they have a fit in the saddle casti
. American engineer and railroad journal . -5V—tls= - in Pipe fromSaddle STEAM PIPES BETWEEN CYLINDERS AND SADDLE CASTING—VIRGINIAN 2-8-2 TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. 228 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD FRAME RRACE—VIRGINIAN 2-8-2 TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. front which are driven home in pairs with their taper faces incontact and then bolted in plate. A further fastening is madeby three 2\A in. bolts which pass continuously from one cylinderto the other, having nuts on both ends. These bolts do not bearin the frames, which are cut away to give the proper clearance,nor do they have a fit in the saddle casting. The saddle castingalso acts as a fulcrum for the truck equalizer bar, which is in-serted through a cored passage in the center, the pin bearingsbeing arranged as shown in the illustration. The frames are in three sections; the front section of the slabtype including the shoulder for the cylinders is secured to themain frames by a long splice, having 24 horizontalbolts and a horizontal wedge key in the center, which is rivetedover on the inside. The main frames are 5 in. in width and 6!4in. deep over the top of the pedestals. The trailer frames, 4^in. in width, are spliced to the
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