. American engineer and railroad journal . type of wheel arrangement seems to bo likely to becomepopular. There seems to be a rather persistent impressionthat a two-wheel leading truck is less satisfactory than onehaving four wheels, but, as far as we know, it has not beendemonstrated that the two-whee! truck is in any respect de-ficient. This is a very large and powerful passenger enginewhich has not been exceeded in heating surface except by a .N-ORTIIEnN PACIFIC :. 4—6—2 TYPE. General DimenalonH. Fuel BUuinlitoUH coal WpIkIiI. in worklnK order 202,000 lbs. VVHigbt on d
. American engineer and railroad journal . type of wheel arrangement seems to bo likely to becomepopular. There seems to be a rather persistent impressionthat a two-wheel leading truck is less satisfactory than onehaving four wheels, but, as far as we know, it has not beendemonstrated that the two-whee! truck is in any respect de-ficient. This is a very large and powerful passenger enginewhich has not been exceeded in heating surface except by a .N-ORTIIEnN PACIFIC :. 4—6—2 TYPE. General DimenalonH. Fuel BUuinlitoUH coal WpIkIiI. in worklnK order 202,000 lbs. VVHigbt on drlvHrt; 134,000 IbB. Weiglii ciiKlne and tender In working order 325,400 lbn, WtitHl base, drivinB 12 ft. Wlieel base, rigid 12 ft. Wheel base, total 33 ft. Wheel base, total, engine and tender .58 ft. 4/4 Ins. Cylinders. Diameter of cylinders 22 Ins, Stroke of piston 28 InH. Horizonial thickness of piston 5 LOCOMOTIVE, 4- A. E. Mitchell, Superintendent Motive Power. ;\ IACII-IC RAILWAY. American Locomotive Company, Builders. very few examples in previous luactice, as tlie table in ourissue of last June indicates. The Missouri Pacific locomotivesof the same type, illustrated in September of last year, weresomewhat larger in this respect, while being also lighter intotal weight. The figures of the two designs furnish an inter-esting comparison. The Northern Pacific has been very favor-able to compounds, experience on that road having been satis-factory. It is not understood that this departure indicates anecided adverse step with reference to them. This engine haspiston valves with inside admission, frames having a snglebar at the cylinders and slabs at the firebox, and the trailingtruck is of the Player type used on a number of locomotivesbuilt at the Brooks Works of this company, but in this case itsconstruction has been somewhat changed, as will be indcatedin a later
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