. American engineer and railroad journal . under way, but it would besomewhat awkward if there was any miscalculation aboutthe position of the center of pressure. The writer hasfound no record of any experiments with the Carlingfordapparatus. (to be continued.) VoL LXVI, No. 7.] ENGINEERING tTOURNAL. 309 AN ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVE FOR MIXED TRAF-FIC. TirE accomp:inying illustration, from London Eni^incer-hti:;, shows a class of locomotives desijjned by Mr. Jameslloldcn. Locomotive Superintendent of the dreat of ; they are usetl on that road for run-ning the heavy excursion
. American engineer and railroad journal . under way, but it would besomewhat awkward if there was any miscalculation aboutthe position of the center of pressure. The writer hasfound no record of any experiments with the Carlingfordapparatus. (to be continued.) VoL LXVI, No. 7.] ENGINEERING tTOURNAL. 309 AN ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVE FOR MIXED TRAF-FIC. TirE accomp:inying illustration, from London Eni^incer-hti:;, shows a class of locomotives desijjned by Mr. Jameslloldcn. Locomotive Superintendent of the dreat of ; they are usetl on that road for run-ning the heavy excursion traffic to the seaside resorts in It may be mentioned that cast steel has been used wher-ever possible in these engines. They are lilted with theWeslinghouse brake. The total weight of the engine in working order is90,300 lbs., of which 58,600 lbs. are carried on the leadingwheels and 31,700 lbs. on the four coupled driving-wheels. These engines, which are of a type much approved inEngland for heavy suburban or excursion traffic, might be. LOCOMOTIVE FOR MIXED TRAFFIC, GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY, ENGLAND. the summer, while in the winter they are used on the mar-ket, stock and fast freight trains. About 30 of this classare in use, antl 30 more have lately been ordered. Thegeneral design, as will be seen, is an inside-connected en-gine with four coupled drivers and a single pair of leadingwheels in front. The boder is 52 in. in diameter and has 252 tubes, i^^in. diameter and 10 ft. 4 in. long. The inside fire-box isof copper ; it is 63^ x 40;i in., and varies in depth from61;^ to (yjYz in. The grate area is iS sq. ft. ; the heatingsurface is: Fire-box, 101 ; tubes, 1,107 ; total, 1,208 The smoke-stack has a sectional area of sq. ft.,the ratio to the grate area being i : 16,8. The main frames are of i-in. steel plate ; the outsideframes at the leading end are Js in. thick, welded just for-ward of the driving axle to a 6 x 3 X i-in. angle iron,which carries the running board
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