. Railway track and track work . rovided for supplying the engine tenders with water, and for this purposelong shallow tanks are laid upon the ties. A vertical pipe with its top termi-nating in an elbow is placed in the tender tank, and extends through the lower end is fitted with an adjustable hinged scoop which is loweredabout 3 ins. into the water while the engine is running over the tank. Thespeed of the engine forces the water up the pipe into the tender. Water can betaken at 60 miles an hour, although it is better not to exceed 40 miles. Thescoop is operated by the fireman by
. Railway track and track work . rovided for supplying the engine tenders with water, and for this purposelong shallow tanks are laid upon the ties. A vertical pipe with its top termi-nating in an elbow is placed in the tender tank, and extends through the lower end is fitted with an adjustable hinged scoop which is loweredabout 3 ins. into the water while the engine is running over the tank. Thespeed of the engine forces the water up the pipe into the tender. Water can betaken at 60 miles an hour, although it is better not to exceed 40 miles. Thescoop is operated by the fireman by means of a lever or a compressed-air cylinderand is counterbalanced against the water pressure. The track tanks areusually from 25 to 30 miles apart, and are supplied by direct pumping orfrom elevated water tanks. This system was invented in England by Mr. in 1861. The track tanks of the Michigan Central Ry., Fig. 127, are about 1,400 , 19 ins. wide and 7 ins. deep. They are of yq-iq. steel, with a half-round. ft»~~k Jj^*»_ ^■{l>- Cross Section, Enlarged. Part Longitudinal Section. Fig. 127.—Track Tanks; Michigan Central Ry. 1 §-in. stiffening bar along the upper edges. Steel angles 11X11 ins. support themon the ties, which are 8X8 ins., 8 ft. long, boxed out to fit the bottom of thetank. Water is supplied by a pipe entering at the most convenient pointthrough a box riveted to the bottom of the tank, from which it flows througha 5-in. opening. Branch pipes to admit steam to prevent freezing in winterare placed about 40 ft. apart along the entire length of the tank, and the con-struction of the |-in. brass nozzle is such as to throw the jet of steam down-ward. With very cold weather, however, steam jets are not sufficient to preventthe formation of ice, and on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. a circu-lating system has been introduced. At the mid-length of the tank a enters the bottom, and forms the suction pipe of a steam pump. Fromth
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