. American engineer and railroad journal . HEAVY CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE—GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CONSOLIDATION TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. Great Northern Railway. The Baldwin Locomotive Works has recently completed anorder of 50 locomotives of the consolidation type for the GreatNorthern Railway. These engines are known in the roads clas-sification as class F 8 and the general design was worked out inaccordance with drawings furnished by the railway company. A somewhat unusual arrangement of Walschaert valve gearwhich was designed by the builders has been applied. These locomotives have a total weight o
. American engineer and railroad journal . HEAVY CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE—GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CONSOLIDATION TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. Great Northern Railway. The Baldwin Locomotive Works has recently completed anorder of 50 locomotives of the consolidation type for the GreatNorthern Railway. These engines are known in the roads clas-sification as class F 8 and the general design was worked out inaccordance with drawings furnished by the railway company. A somewhat unusual arrangement of Walschaert valve gearwhich was designed by the builders has been applied. These locomotives have a total weight of 210,350 lbs., of which188,250, or about 90 per cent., is on drivers. The cylinders,20 x 32 in., with 55 in. drivers and 210 lbs. steam pressure givea theoretical tractive effort of 41,540 lbs. This gives a factorof adhesion of The boiler is of the Belpaire type, con-forming with the standard practice on this road. It has a ver-tical throat and back head with the crown and roof sheets slop-. SECTIONS AND ELEVATION OF HEAVY CONSOLIDATION LOCOMOTIVE—GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. May, 1908. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 193
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