. The Street railway journal . Street Ry. Journal CROSS SECTION, NEWCASTLE POWER HOUSE covers, the clearance space being thus reduced to a mini-mum. The valves themselves are of cast iron with steelspindles. For the high-pressure engine, separate eccen-trics are fitted for the steam and exhaust valves; the steamadmission valve has a trip gear and is closed by means ofvacuum dash pots; the exhaust valve has a frontage mo-tion. The intermediate and low pressure engines have oneeccentric each for working- both the steam admission and. SCALE OF FEET MELBOURNE Street Ry. Journal PLAN OF NEWCASTLE P
. The Street railway journal . Street Ry. Journal CROSS SECTION, NEWCASTLE POWER HOUSE covers, the clearance space being thus reduced to a mini-mum. The valves themselves are of cast iron with steelspindles. For the high-pressure engine, separate eccen-trics are fitted for the steam and exhaust valves; the steamadmission valve has a trip gear and is closed by means ofvacuum dash pots; the exhaust valve has a frontage mo-tion. The intermediate and low pressure engines have oneeccentric each for working- both the steam admission and. SCALE OF FEET MELBOURNE Street Ry. Journal PLAN OF NEWCASTLE POWER HOUSE recesses for the six crankshaft bearings. The bed-plateis made with closed bottomto retain the oil from the bear-ings and eccentrics, the troughs being all connected anddrained to a reservoir. The standards are of case iron, backand front, and of rectangular box section. The crank-shaft is of ingot steel, i^i ins. in diameter, and of the built exhaust valves, which are all positively driven. The eccen-tric sheaves are of cast iron, the straps being of steel linedwith white metal, while the rods are of forged iron. Thegovernor for regulating the speed of the engines under or-dinary working conditions is of the Whitehead type andworks in conjunction with the Corliss valve gear on the May 3, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 549 high-pressure engine, and is driven by chain gearing fromthe crankshaft. In addition, an independent emergencygovernor is also furnished. The fly-wheel, mounted on the generator shaft, is en-ti
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