. American engineer and railroad journal . long course from DauntsRock to Sandy Hook, of 3,891 miles, in 4 days, 19 hrs., 36 mins.,an average speed of knots per hour. A new record forthe longest days run was also made, 643 knots having been cov-ered during the first day of the voyage. A readjustment of herpropellers, which was made in Liverpool, is considered to haveaided the ship to attain this speed. Two new forward propel-lers of four blades replaced the former three-bladed ones. Theyare solid castings of manganese bronze. The two rear propel-lers remain as before, with three blades.
. American engineer and railroad journal . long course from DauntsRock to Sandy Hook, of 3,891 miles, in 4 days, 19 hrs., 36 mins.,an average speed of knots per hour. A new record forthe longest days run was also made, 643 knots having been cov-ered during the first day of the voyage. A readjustment of herpropellers, which was made in Liverpool, is considered to haveaided the ship to attain this speed. Two new forward propel-lers of four blades replaced the former three-bladed ones. Theyare solid castings of manganese bronze. The two rear propel-lers remain as before, with three blades. It is said that this ar-rangement also did away with all vibration. Daily Railway and Engineering Review.—During the weekof the tenth annual convention of the Railway Engineering andMaintenance of Way Association, and the exhibit of the Roadand Track Supply Association in Chicago, beginning March 15,1909, The Railway and Engineering Review will issue a dailypaper each morning, except Saturday. 424 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD ENGINE TRUCK—DE GLEHN COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE—PARIS-ORLEANS RAILWAY. DETAILS OF DEGLEHN COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE. Paris-Orleans Railway. In the September issue of this journal, page 339, is given ageneral description, with illustrations, of some DeGlehn com-pound Pacific type locomotives which were recently deliveredfrom the Schenectady Works of the American Locomotive Com-pany to the Paris-Orleans Railway of France. In that articlewill be found also the drawings and a description of the cylin-ders and of a very novel design of boiler fitted to these locomo-tives. Although these engines were built in American works the de-sign throughout is French and the drawings for use in the shopswere dimensioned in the metric system. The drawings werefurnished by the railway system and the locomotives are dupli-cates of a number which have been in service for some locomotive designers have a reputation for painstakingcare in details and in many re
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