. Railway mechanical engineer . to compare it with a number of otherheavy locomotives of the same type. By an inspection ofthe table it will be seen that it can by no means be ranked fitted with a brick arch carried on five tubes and is fired bya Hanna mechanical stoker. Other equipment includes theFranklin butterfly firedoor and power gate shaker. The tube sheet is laid out for 271, 2J^-in. tubes and SO,Syi-in. flues for a 50-unit type .4 superheater. The tubesare spaced ^ in. apart while the flues are one inch apart. The general features of the frame design are identicalwith those of other s


. Railway mechanical engineer . to compare it with a number of otherheavy locomotives of the same type. By an inspection ofthe table it will be seen that it can by no means be ranked fitted with a brick arch carried on five tubes and is fired bya Hanna mechanical stoker. Other equipment includes theFranklin butterfly firedoor and power gate shaker. The tube sheet is laid out for 271, 2J^-in. tubes and SO,Syi-in. flues for a 50-unit type .4 superheater. The tubesare spaced ^ in. apart while the flues are one inch apart. The general features of the frame design are identicalwith those of other single unit standard locomotives. Thecylinders are carried on a single front rail cast integral withthe main frame, and a Commonwealth cradle casting is splicedto the main frames just back of the rear driving pedestals. The frames are six inches wide and have a maximumdepth of top rail of Sfg in. over the pedestal jaws. Theminimum depth of the top rail is seven inches. The maxi- 11Q 120 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 93, No. 3.


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