. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eans of steam jets, three ofwhich can be discharged into the furnaceon each side. The nozzles are placed in2-in. tubes. The grate is of moderatewidth for a locomotive of this size, andthe side water legs slope outward as they is bolted to a broad steel casting, whichspans the upper rails just ahead of theleading driving pedestals. Between thefirst ami second pairs nf drivers is a sim-ilar casting, which supports the brakecylinders and valve motion crosstii the main and rear pairs of
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . eans of steam jets, three ofwhich can be discharged into the furnaceon each side. The nozzles are placed in2-in. tubes. The grate is of moderatewidth for a locomotive of this size, andthe side water legs slope outward as they is bolted to a broad steel casting, whichspans the upper rails just ahead of theleading driving pedestals. Between thefirst ami second pairs nf drivers is a sim-ilar casting, which supports the brakecylinders and valve motion crosstii the main and rear pairs of driversis a third broad tie. and to this a waistsheet is bolted. Deep braces are alsobolted to the main and rear drivingpedestals. The rear pedestal brace is ex-tended back over the splice between themain and rear frame sections, and to it isbolted an expansion plate, which supportsthe front end of the firebox. A similarplate supports the firebox at the rear, andis bolted to the foot-plate. The longitudinal sills of the tenderframe are composed of 13 in. channelsweighing 40 lbs. per ft.; while the. T. Park, Superinten le i-2 TYPE LOCOMOTIYKat Motive Power. FOR THE CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD. Baldwin Locomotive Works, cate a relatively powerful boiler, which,especially in fast passenger service, isessential to successful locomotive per-formance. The boiler barrel is composed of threerings, the first of which is tapered. Thisincreases the diameter from 76 ins. at thefront end. to 85j^ ins. at the dome ringThe longitudinal seams are on the topcenter line. They are sextuple rivetedand welded at the ends, in accordancewith the regular practice of the feed enters the boiler on the topcenter line. 20 ins. back of the front tubesheet. Due attention has been given tomaking provision for free tubes arc spaced with Jj$-in. bridges;while the water spaces are 4j ins. wideall around, increasing in width, at thetop, to 7->6 ins. in the side water leg
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