. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s, and shows the general appearance of the ma-chine. The cab is the well-known switch-ing locomotive cab of the general type de-veloped some years ago by the GeneralElectric Company, having a mainoperating cab with sloping ends, the twospaces, one at each end, are covered withsloping tops. The operating cab, hav-ing a floor space of 9 ft. by 9 ft. 6 ins.,stands in the center of the locomotiveand contains an air compressor, to-gether with engineers seat at thewindow, control mechanism,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s, and shows the general appearance of the ma-chine. The cab is the well-known switch-ing locomotive cab of the general type de-veloped some years ago by the GeneralElectric Company, having a mainoperating cab with sloping ends, the twospaces, one at each end, are covered withsloping tops. The operating cab, hav-ing a floor space of 9 ft. by 9 ft. 6 ins.,stands in the center of the locomotiveand contains an air compressor, to-gether with engineers seat at thewindow, control mechanism, mastercontrollers, brake valves and sanderapparatus. April, 1907. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING i/J The end spaces have an area of9 ft. 6 ins. by 5 ft. 6 ins. each, with a 24-inch platform or passage, one on eitherside, running from the operating cab totlie end dl llu- locomotive. Ilie doors cast with the steel tires fused onto themin the making. The journals are SA 10 ins., tlic construction being particu-larly heavy in order to meet the demandscif locomotive service. The plate bolster. UUltlMA. « LOW OtCiNftmuft ILLINOIS IKACriON SYMHIAIL H)t i iM< IT l\ L. from the cab open at diagonally oppositecorners on these side platforms or pas-sages, thereby giving easy access from thecab to the end of the locomotive; while onthe operating side it gives the engi-neer an unobstructed view of the trackin front of him, or of the train whichhe may be handling, or of the brake-man or switchman at the couplers. The cab framing is built of 2 x 2in and 3 x 3 in angles, with sidesand roof of Vs-in. sheet steel. The platform is built up of a fram-ing consisting of four lo-in. channelsrunning the lengtii of the locomotiveand riveted to the end frames andbolster. The end frames are ironcastings with push pole sockets nearthe outer ends, and with lugs for riv-eting to center and side sills and thedraw bar castings. Over the centerpins the sills are trussed together withhea
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