. American engineer and railroad journal . Ten-Wheel Freight locomotive—Union Pacific Ry. Mr. J. H. , Superintendent Motive Power. Brooks Locomotive Works, 86 .-SSI— JilSeaiiKt Siir--__ Transverse Sections^ TEN-WHEEL FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES. Union Pacific Railway. Brooks Locomotive Worlis, Builders. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. H. McConnell, SuperintendentMotive Power of the Union Pacific Railway and the BrooksLocomotive Works, we illustrate and describe one of forty ten-wheel freight locomotives which have just gone into service onthat road. The total wei
. American engineer and railroad journal . Ten-Wheel Freight locomotive—Union Pacific Ry. Mr. J. H. , Superintendent Motive Power. Brooks Locomotive Works, 86 .-SSI— JilSeaiiKt Siir--__ Transverse Sections^ TEN-WHEEL FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES. Union Pacific Railway. Brooks Locomotive Worlis, Builders. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. H. McConnell, SuperintendentMotive Power of the Union Pacific Railway and the BrooksLocomotive Works, we illustrate and describe one of forty ten-wheel freight locomotives which have just gone into service onthat road. The total weight of the engine is 170,000 pounds, with 134,000 pounds on the driving wheels. Thecylinders are 20 by 28 inches; the driving wheels57 inches diameter, of cast steel; the driving journalsare 9 by 12 inches; the boiler is of the crown bar type, thediameter of the barrel being 68 inches, and that of the backhead 76% inches. The heating surface is 2,574 square feet,which, by the way, is only 67 square feet more than that ofthe 8-wheel passenger locomotive for the Chicago & NorthWestern Railway (American Engineer, July, 1899, page 224).The firebox is 114 inches long b
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