. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . otive for the /VlidlandRailway. We show herewith the first of the lot oflocomotives built by the Baldwin Locomo-tive Works for the Midland Railroad ofEngland. As will be seen they arc aplain mogul of practically standard Ameri-can practice, except the buffers and trim-mings, which very properly conform toMidland practice, in fact, came from Eng-land to be put on. Fireboxes and staybolts are copper,front and rear crank pins are flush wilhthe rod, injectors feed direct into boilerhead, stack has a brass to
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . otive for the /VlidlandRailway. We show herewith the first of the lot oflocomotives built by the Baldwin Locomo-tive Works for the Midland Railroad ofEngland. As will be seen they arc aplain mogul of practically standard Ameri-can practice, except the buffers and trim-mings, which very properly conform toMidland practice, in fact, came from Eng-land to be put on. Fireboxes and staybolts are copper,front and rear crank pins are flush wilhthe rod, injectors feed direct into boilerhead, stack has a brass top, and Greshamsteam sanders are used front and back ofthe main drivers. The exhaust nozzles Length—72 inches. Width—;:» inches. rJciith—76^ inches. Thickness of sheets—/^ inch. Tube sheet—J4 and /i : Number—263. Diameter—154 inches. Length—10 feet sH Surface: Firebox—120 square feet. Tubes—1,246 square feet. Total—1,366 square feet. Grate area— square Wheels: Diameter, outside—60 inches. Journals—7 x 8 BALDWIN MOGUL FOR MIDLAND RAILWAY OF ENGLAND. procedure, in our opinion, is far better en-gineering than the more usual custom ofmachining such rods all over. The forg-ings referred to above were excellent ar-ticles. In fact, one of the advantages ofexecuting work in this way, is that iteducates smiths and molders to turn outtheir work with a good finish, independentof what may happen to it afterwards in themachine shop. Of course from somepoints of view work expended in beautify-ing an engine or machine is also profitless,but fortunately man does not live by breadalone, and indirectly there is a distinctgain in giving occasion for the exerciseof the xsthetic instincts of engine driversor machine attendants, who thereupontake a pride in their work. At one timethis consideration led to the adoption ofgothic moldings and other abortions inmachine parts, and to a less reprehensibleexcess in use of
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