. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er;whilefour transverse rows of flexible stays support the front endof the crown. The large flues are electrically welded atthe firebox end. The boiler accessories include a Duplexstoker and Elesco feed-water heater. The steam distribution is controlled by 14-inch pistonvalves operated by Walschaerts gear. The valves are setwith a lead of %-inch, and a power reverse mechanismIS applied. The piston heads are of rolled steel, and themain and side rods of open hearth hammered steel, themain rods
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . er;whilefour transverse rows of flexible stays support the front endof the crown. The large flues are electrically welded atthe firebox end. The boiler accessories include a Duplexstoker and Elesco feed-water heater. The steam distribution is controlled by 14-inch pistonvalves operated by Walschaerts gear. The valves are setwith a lead of %-inch, and a power reverse mechanismIS applied. The piston heads are of rolled steel, and themain and side rods of open hearth hammered steel, themain rods having solid back ends with floating driving axles and main crank pins are hollow bored. The main frames are of vanadium cast steel with singlefront sections, and the Commonwealth rear frame cradleIS applied. Self-adjusting driving box wedges are used September, 1925 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 269 throughout, and the front driving boxes are of the lateral The cab is designed in accordance with Canadian Na- motion t\pe. tional standards. It is built of steel, is wood lined and. Mountain or 4-8-2 Type Locomotive of tlie Canadian National Railways Weights, Proportions and Dimensions of New MountainType Locomotives for Grand Trunk Western Type 4-8-2 Service Passenger Fuel Bitum. Coal Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Cylinder, diam. and stroke 26 in. by 30 in. Valve gear Walschaert Valves, piston, diara 14 in. Oearances: Maximum height 15 ft. 3 in. Maximum width 10 ft. 8 in. Length, overall 90 ft. 10 in. Wheel basis: Driving 19 ft. 6 in. Rigid 12 ft. 8 in. Total engine 41 ft. 9 in. Total engine and tender 80 ft. 3}i in. Weights in working order : On drivers 231,370 lbs. On leading truck 61,590 lbs. On trailing trunk 61,150 lbs. Total engine 354,100 lbs. Tender 250,490 lbs. Total engine and tender 604,600 lbs. Wheels—diameter outside tires : Leading truck 33 in. Driving 73 in. Trailing truck 43 in. Journals, diam. and length: Driving, main 12 in. by 13 in. Dri
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