. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ng partsare highly polished, adding greatly to the attractive ap- nms to Washington, D. C. Two engines thus make therun of 637 miles between Atlanta and Washington, eachof them stopping only once for coal and water. Like other heavy Pacific type engines now in serviceon the Southern, the new engines have 73-inch drivingwheels, cylinders of 27-inch diameter and 28-inch stroke,and such modern improvements as mechanical stokers,power reverse gears, feed water heaters, superheaters,and brick arch
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ng partsare highly polished, adding greatly to the attractive ap- nms to Washington, D. C. Two engines thus make therun of 637 miles between Atlanta and Washington, eachof them stopping only once for coal and water. Like other heavy Pacific type engines now in serviceon the Southern, the new engines have 73-inch drivingwheels, cylinders of 27-inch diameter and 28-inch stroke,and such modern improvements as mechanical stokers,power reverse gears, feed water heaters, superheaters,and brick arches. The engines alone weigh 340,000pounds and the tenders when loaded 256,000 pounds. In the photograph, I-ireman W. A. Latimer is shownsitting in the cab, Charles A. Cinney of Raleigh, N. C,service engineer for the Standard Stoker Co., and Engi-neer R. H. Tedder, one of the veteran men of the South-erns Charlotte division, are shown standinsT. Standard Stoker Engine Placed on the Tender In 1924 the Northern Pacific Railway uncovered whatis probably the greatest lignite coal deposit in the L^nited. One of the New Brightly Painted l-ocomotjves on the Southern Railway pearance of the lfK<jmotives. The photograph shows the first of the new engines to reach Atlanta, readyto pull \o. 38, the Crescent Limited, from .Atlanta toSf)encer, X. C. Four of the engines which will handle Xos. 7)7 and 2Abetween .\tlanta and Washington have their tenders let-tered Crescent Limited and three to run l)etween Chat-tanooga. Mirmingham and Meridian have their tenderslettered Queen and Crescent Limited. A distinctive feature of these new locomotives i^ thesize of the tenders which have cajjacity ff)r 14,0CX) gallonsof water and 16 tons of coal. The tenders have twelvewheels, mounted on two six-wheel trucks, and weredesigned to eliminate sto|)s for water. They run throughbetween Atlanta and Greenville without stopjjing foreither coal or water. Likewise no coal or water is takenbetwe
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