. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . I-K;. 6. Iloll 4-S-o ON THE LEHIGH VALLE eled the same path as the main slide cut-off valve rested on top of themain valve, which had steam passagesthrough if, and was operated by an extraeccentric placed on each side of the en-gine. The motion was transferred to thevalve through the medium of a radius barand slide block This slide block onradius bar was connected to a lever in thecab by means of a lift shaft and reachrod. Here by means of a notched quad-rant, th
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . I-K;. 6. Iloll 4-S-o ON THE LEHIGH VALLE eled the same path as the main slide cut-off valve rested on top of themain valve, which had steam passagesthrough if, and was operated by an extraeccentric placed on each side of the en-gine. The motion was transferred to thevalve through the medium of a radius barand slide block This slide block onradius bar was connected to a lever in thecab by means of a lift shaft and reachrod. Here by means of a notched quad-rant, the point of cut-off sould be changedat will. The engine, like Clarks, was celebratedfor the beautiful indicator diagrams itproduced, but it did not pull any morecars or burn less fuel than the other en-gines, so the independent cut-off with itsextra attachments was allowed to fall in-to innocuous desuetude. Since that time the Lehigh Valley Rail-road people have been contented to fol-low the beaten path in locomotive design-. ing. No better power is to be found inthe country, and the company may oflate years apply to itself the aphorismh
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