. The railroad and engineering journal . In No. 7 it was difficult to keep the openings in the gratecovered with so small a(|uantity of coal, and for this reasona considerable excess of air is found. In No. 11 and the volume of air admitted per kilogram of coal was less No. 2, was completed ; followed by the Trotter, No. 3, inMarch, 1834. These three engines were in every respect similar,and had a single pair of driving-wheels 4 it, 6 in. in diam- 414 THE RAILROAD AND [September, i8gl. eter placed in front, and a four-wheeled bogie, the cylin-ders being vertical, ii in. in diameter, and
. The railroad and engineering journal . In No. 7 it was difficult to keep the openings in the gratecovered with so small a(|uantity of coal, and for this reasona considerable excess of air is found. In No. 11 and the volume of air admitted per kilogram of coal was less No. 2, was completed ; followed by the Trotter, No. 3, inMarch, 1834. These three engines were in every respect similar,and had a single pair of driving-wheels 4 it, 6 in. in diam- 414 THE RAILROAD AND [September, i8gl. eter placed in front, and a four-wheeled bogie, the cylin-ders being vertical, ii in. in diameter, and the stroke i8in. Weight of engine in working order without tender,9 tons lo cwts.; cost of engine without tender, £700;gauge of railway, 4 ft. 6 in. The Earl of Airlie appears to have worked satisfac- engravings of the Stourbridge Lion* will at once see thatthe Agetioria was of almost identical design. It is inter-esting to know that this early specimen of locomotive con-struction is still preserved as a relic. THE HATTERAS LOCOMOTIVE FOR THEIDUNDEE & NEWTYLE RAILWAY, 1832 torily until 1850, when it was employed to pump water asa stationary engine. In 1854 Mr. Allan, when Locomo-tive Superintendent of the Scottish Central, had it properlycleaned, painted and photographed, and it is from thisphotograph that our illustration is produced. The general design of the engine, with the truck, withits upright cylinders and the bell-crank used to make con-nection with the driving-wheels, is well shown in the cut. The second illustration shows a still older engine, whichMr. Stretton describes as follows : MessrsFoster, Rastrick & Company, in 1829, con-structed an engine at their works, Stour-bridge, for the .Shutt End Railroad, whichextends from the Earl of Dudleys Collieryat Kingswinford to the Staffordshire &Worcestershire Canal ; this locomotive wasnamed Agenoria, and opened the line onTuesday, June 2, 1829. This engine has upright cylinders work-ing half-beams, thus redu
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