. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . r one luindred of thistype. For passenger service a very largewheel was used on some of the engines,75 in. in diameter. A number of othershad 72-in. wheels, and the majority 66-in.;cylinders 18 by 24 in., a total weight of 34tons. For freight service there weretwo types, a very large number like theNo. 39, the locomotive donated to Pur-due, and another type with i8j4 by 28-in. cylinders, and S4-in. driving wheels,weighing 39 tons. The No. 39 was builtin 1876, has 18 by 26 cylinders,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . r one luindred of thistype. For passenger service a very largewheel was used on some of the engines,75 in. in diameter. A number of othershad 72-in. wheels, and the majority 66-in.;cylinders 18 by 24 in., a total weight of 34tons. For freight service there weretwo types, a very large number like theNo. 39, the locomotive donated to Pur-due, and another type with i8j4 by 28-in. cylinders, and S4-in. driving wheels,weighing 39 tons. The No. 39 was builtin 1876, has 18 by 26 cylinders, , and weighs 34 tons. Mr. WilsonEddy built his type as late as 18S1, andsome would have uitdoubtedly been in ser-vice within a few years, had it not beenfor the great expense in keeping them inservice, due to the fact that contractionand expansion were allowed for in thesaddle instead of at the firebox. Of coursethe engines leaked very badly and werefinally put oitt of service. The EddyClocks were remarkably smart enginesand the writer has seen many a largepassenger and freight train hauled by. OLD ••KDDV CLUCK 15, NOW AT IUKUUL U.\ I \ IIN , grow everything known on any otherpart of the earth, and one can find aclimate that will suit him exactly at alltimes of the year. W. W. Collins. Zacapa, Guatemala. Old Eddy Clock for Purdue. Editor: I am sending you a photograph of oneof the Eddy Clocks in connection withan article which I should like very muchto have you publish, as I think it will beof interest to readers of your the generosity of the New YorkCentral directors, Purdue University is tobecome the owners of an old Eddy en-gine, which was for many years in dailyfreight service on the Boston & AlbanyRailroad. This is a valuable addition tothe Purdue collection, and Prof. CharlesH. Benjamin, Dean of the Schools of En-gineering, is to be congratulated on hisgood luck in obtaining if. The road at these machines. One of the i8.}4 by 28-in. eight-w
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