. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rWO-CYUNDER GEARED TO THE TRAI1 IK AM 1 disrupts train schedules and often resultsin loss of train rights with consequentovertime, as well as increased operating Locomotives as ordinarily built todayarc hauling around a large percentage ofweight that is useless except to permit ofmaking the boiler larger. To permit 31S RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November, 1920 rould utilize a greaterpercentage of the available draw-bar pullover the entire division and yet have suf-ficient power
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rWO-CYUNDER GEARED TO THE TRAI1 IK AM 1 disrupts train schedules and often resultsin loss of train rights with consequentovertime, as well as increased operating Locomotives as ordinarily built todayarc hauling around a large percentage ofweight that is useless except to permit ofmaking the boiler larger. To permit 31S RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November, 1920 rould utilize a greaterpercentage of the available draw-bar pullover the entire division and yet have suf-ficient power available for the critical where the tonnage is reduced to 2,100 tons,;t reduction of per cent. In makingthis test it was decided to endeavor tobring 2,582 tons through to Weehawken. run two miles for water, back up to thetrain and make a run down-grade to getsufficient momentum to carry over the up-grade. The profile of the road at this ALS£M CATS/f/LL » *TH£A/S. r/G. / DIAGRAM OF PROFILE OF WEST SHORE DIVISION AT points where extra power led to the in-vention and development of the locomo-tive booster. For approximately two years Engine3149 equipped with the booster has beenin operation on the New York determine the operating advantages ofthe booster, a series of tests was conductedon the River division between Ravena andWeehawken. This division is 130 mileslong with a ruling grade of one per centat Bogota going west and per cent atHaverstraw going east. The locomotiveused in these tests, 3149, is of the Pacifictype with a load on drivers of lb.,steam pressure 200 lb. and a tractive effortof 40,000 lb. It was exhibited at the Atlan-tic City convention and has been in con-tinuous road service since that time; nospecial preparations were made for thetest \ dynamometer car was used toobtain the necessary data. In making these tests information waswanted on the following items: 1. Practical increase in tonnage t
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