. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i!.\[.i).viN jio.,iL For INI)I.\. total engine, 24 ieet 4 inches: total en-gine and tender, 53 feet 2 inches. Weight—On driving wheels, 181,200pounds; on truck (front), 23,600 pounds;total engine, 204,800 pounds; total en-gine and tender. 325,000 pounds. Tank—Capacity, gallons. Tender—Wheels, diameter, 33A inches;journals, 55/2 x 10 inches. Creeping Kails. nv THOS. p. W14ELAN During the past year there has been. CONSOLID.\TIOX FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Cylinder—17x28x30 inches. Boiler—Diame
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i!.\[.i).viN jio.,iL For INI)I.\. total engine, 24 ieet 4 inches: total en-gine and tender, 53 feet 2 inches. Weight—On driving wheels, 181,200pounds; on truck (front), 23,600 pounds;total engine, 204,800 pounds; total en-gine and tender. 325,000 pounds. Tank—Capacity, gallons. Tender—Wheels, diameter, 33A inches;journals, 55/2 x 10 inches. Creeping Kails. nv THOS. p. W14ELAN During the past year there has been. CONSOLID.\TIOX FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Cylinder—17x28x30 inches. Boiler—Diameter, 76V4 inches; :-ing pressure, 200 pounds; fuel, soft coal;staying radial. Firebox—Length, 108 inches; width,72/i inches. Tubes—Number 442; diameter 2inches; length, 14 feet 9^^ inches. Heating Surface—Firebox, squarefeet; tubes, 33907 square feet- total, in some of the railway journals considera-ble discussion on the question of creepingof rails on roads having more than asingle main track, on which the trains,consequently, run always in the same di-rection. Investigation thus far has shown thiseffect to be traceable to the locomotive,for it has been found that on roads theright engine of whose locomotives is the into a question of locomotive constructionand steam distribution, the combined effectof which produces an uneven wear of driv-ing wheel tire that is no doubt the directcause of rail creeping, as well as otherevils that have been charged chiefly tocounterbalancing. The writer bel
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