. American engineer and railroad journal . |,_!P -yLj Fi^t 4i—Tender Truck, Brooks Locomotive Works. Fig, 5.—Tank for Lake Sliore Tenders. page 344. This tank is U-shaped with an unusually long slopeto the coal space. The water capacity is 5,150 gallons andthe tenders are equipped with water scoops. The bracinginside the water space is made of 4% by 3 inch tees, connectedacross by %-inch round bars with jaws for %-inch are two rows of these cross braces spaced 18 inchesapart, the tank being 54 inches high. Both of these tendershave elongated manholes for taking water and both are ve
. American engineer and railroad journal . |,_!P -yLj Fi^t 4i—Tender Truck, Brooks Locomotive Works. Fig, 5.—Tank for Lake Sliore Tenders. page 344. This tank is U-shaped with an unusually long slopeto the coal space. The water capacity is 5,150 gallons andthe tenders are equipped with water scoops. The bracinginside the water space is made of 4% by 3 inch tees, connectedacross by %-inch round bars with jaws for %-inch are two rows of these cross braces spaced 18 inchesapart, the tank being 54 inches high. Both of these tendershave elongated manholes for taking water and both are veryneat in appearance. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Six-Wheel 6 shows the six-wheel tender built by the BaldwinLocomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail- June, tSOO. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 183. Fig. ,0OO-C alon Tanks for Chicago & Alton Tenders. road, and shown in this paper in May,1S99, page 141. The deep side frames aremade of %-inch plates cut out for pedes-tals made of cast angles. The center sillsare 9-inch channels. The end plates are1 by 10 inches with oak sills 10 by 12inches at the front and 9 by 10 inches atthe rear. The wheels are 42 inches ,ndiameter and the journals 6% by 10 front and middle wheels are equalized,the springs and equalizers being insidethe main side plate frames. The capacityof the tank is gallons of water andS tons of coal. The weight of the tenderempty is pounds. The loadedtender weighs 86,000 pounds, makingthe weight per journal about 14,000pounds. It will be noticed that this tenderis much lighter than those with four-wheel trucks, but when larger capacity isdesired the weight per journal becomesexcessive and in recent Atlantic-type en-gines for this road the tenders have four-wheel trucks. New York Central Stan
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