. American engineer and railroad journal . « ISi w 18i >J Bartley Nut Locks under Bolt Heads & Single Nuts FRONT ENGINE TRUCK.—C. P. R. SUnURB.\N LOCOMOTIVES. head and also has flanges to which the top and bottom coverplates are bolted. The front tanks, cab and rear tank are built up together msuch a way as to be continuous from front to back, and, as thefront tank is secured to the boiler at a point just back of .hecylinders where there is no expansion, which means that it isrigid with the main frame, and, as the rear tank arid cab con-struction is soHdly braced to the frames, the boiler d
. American engineer and railroad journal . « ISi w 18i >J Bartley Nut Locks under Bolt Heads & Single Nuts FRONT ENGINE TRUCK.—C. P. R. SUnURB.\N LOCOMOTIVES. head and also has flanges to which the top and bottom coverplates are bolted. The front tanks, cab and rear tank are built up together msuch a way as to be continuous from front to back, and, as thefront tank is secured to the boiler at a point just back of .hecylinders where there is no expansion, which means that it isrigid with the main frame, and, as the rear tank arid cab con-struction is soHdly braced to the frames, the boiler does notexpand, carrying the cab back with it, as with the usual con-struction, but is free to move backward between the front tanksinto the cab, although supporting at the same time the weightof the rear end of the front tanks. This has been arranged bymaking the front plate of the cab % i- thick and reinforcing itby a 3 X 3 X ^ in. angle which rests on top of the boiler andextends outward on each side to bolt to a lug on the top o
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