. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nd is drilledwith a 4-inch hole. The main driving-axle is of vanadium steel. All the rodsare channeled to an I-section. The mainand side rod stubs on the main pin arefitted with straps, and have a wedge ad- The use of special materials, as de-scribed above, has effected a saving inweight of reciprocating parts on eachside, amounting to 379 pounds, or sixteenper cent., as compared with the other lo-comotives using heavier parts. The bal-ancing of the main wheels is greatly im-proved, and there
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nd is drilledwith a 4-inch hole. The main driving-axle is of vanadium steel. All the rodsare channeled to an I-section. The mainand side rod stubs on the main pin arefitted with straps, and have a wedge ad- The use of special materials, as de-scribed above, has effected a saving inweight of reciprocating parts on eachside, amounting to 379 pounds, or sixteenper cent., as compared with the other lo-comotives using heavier parts. The bal-ancing of the main wheels is greatly im-proved, and there is a material reductionin the amount of excess weight to be ap-plied to the other wheels. The result isless wear and tear on the locomotive andtrack, while the lighter parts are moreeasily handled in the shop when makingrepairs. The valve gear is of the Walschaertspattern, controlled by the Ragonnet powerreverse mechanism. The eccentric crankhas been lightened to reduce the w-eighton the main pin. The crank weighs 125lbs., as against 160 lbs. for the cranks usedon the previous engines. The piston. 2-10-2 TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE CHICAGO, W. Cyr, Superintendent of Motive Power, TON & QUINCY RAILRO \l>. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Builders. and ten-coupled locomotives built by theBaldwin Locomotive Works have beenfitted with counterweights keyed to themain axle, and these, in conjunction withthe usual weights in the wheel centers,have balanced a sufficiently large propor-tion of the reciprocating and revolvingparts to avoid destructive effects at thespeeds at which these engines are arrangement is used in eight of theten new Burlington locomotives. In thetwo remaining locomotives the weights ofthe reciprocating parts have been suffi-ciently reduced by the use of special steelsto avoid the necessity of applying addi-tional counterweights. The locomotiveillustrated herewith is one of the twoequipped with the lighter parts. The pistons of this locomotive haved
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