. The Street railway journal . pe of boiler and engine used on several of the Paristramway lines. The Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean ordered two it will be seen that there is a platform on the front on whichthe driver and the boiler are accommodated. In accordancewith standard Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean practice, the car-riage is mounted on a four-wheel truck. The motor is fixed inan inclined position above the front axle and drives a counter-shaft connected by pitch chains to the driving axle. This sys-tem of driving has been adopted in order to reduce the size ofthe steam engine, and is a very usu
. The Street railway journal . pe of boiler and engine used on several of the Paristramway lines. The Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean ordered two it will be seen that there is a platform on the front on whichthe driver and the boiler are accommodated. In accordancewith standard Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean practice, the car-riage is mounted on a four-wheel truck. The motor is fixed inan inclined position above the front axle and drives a counter-shaft connected by pitch chains to the driving axle. This sys-tem of driving has been adopted in order to reduce the size ofthe steam engine, and is a very usual method employed withmotor car work on ordinary roads. Some manufacturers pre-fer to use a live axle and dispense with chains, but this planhas the disadvantage of requiring flexible joints to compensatefor the movement of the springs to which the motors are fixed. The following are the principal dimensions of the boilersused: Capacity, 262 liters ( gals.). Pressure, 20 kg per sq. cm (approximately 284 lbs. per sq. in.)..
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