. Railroad digest . adients. In sucii cases the aux-iliary axle is pressed down by the lever, its cylinders switchedin and the small engine is used as a donkey or as a pilotto the large one. The drivers of the auxiliary engine are made very muchsmaller than the large ones, as it is only used at comparativelylow speeds, usually less than 40 miles per hour. The diameter of the auxiliary engine cylinders is 260 milli-meters ( in.), while the stroke is 400 mm. ( in.). Thediameter of the auxiliary driving wheels is only 1,000 mm.(3 ft. in.), while the wheel base of the bogie is 2,380
. Railroad digest . adients. In sucii cases the aux-iliary axle is pressed down by the lever, its cylinders switchedin and the small engine is used as a donkey or as a pilotto the large one. The drivers of the auxiliary engine are made very muchsmaller than the large ones, as it is only used at comparativelylow speeds, usually less than 40 miles per hour. The diameter of the auxiliary engine cylinders is 260 milli-meters ( in.), while the stroke is 400 mm. ( in.). Thediameter of the auxiliary driving wheels is only 1,000 mm.(3 ft. in.), while the wheel base of the bogie is 2,380 mm.(7 ft. in.). The total length of this German express loco-motive is 11,648 mm. (38 ft. in.), while the total wheelbase is 8,940 mm. (29 ft. in.). The total weight of theengine is about 68 tons. The main drivers of the engine have a diameter of 1,870 mm.(6 ft. in.), and they are operated by cylinders 440 mm. and650 mm. in diameter, the stroke being 660 mm., or 26 in. This M^LF f^EAS ELEi/^T/OM. RAILROAD DIGEST January, 1901
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