. American engineer and railroad journal . all 9 ft. 0 in. and coupling rods are used. The main rods drive on crank Total wheelbase 54 ft. 8 in. pins in the rear wheels. The throttle valve, whistle, vacuum Wheelbase of engine truck 8 ft. 0 in. and hand brakes can be operated by the driver from either end wljeelbase of car truck 8 ft 0 in. r . . J Cylinders 12 by 16 in. of the car. The car body is divided into three compartments Weight in working order lbs. and a baggage compartment; two of these are for passengers Weight on working wheels 73,080 lbs. and the. third is a drivers compart
. American engineer and railroad journal . all 9 ft. 0 in. and coupling rods are used. The main rods drive on crank Total wheelbase 54 ft. 8 in. pins in the rear wheels. The throttle valve, whistle, vacuum Wheelbase of engine truck 8 ft. 0 in. and hand brakes can be operated by the driver from either end wljeelbase of car truck 8 ft 0 in. r . . J Cylinders 12 by 16 in. of the car. The car body is divided into three compartments Weight in working order lbs. and a baggage compartment; two of these are for passengers Weight on working wheels 73,080 lbs. and the. third is a drivers compartment at the rear end. Only EOILER. one class of passenger is carried. They are lighted by incan- Heating surface, tubes 455 sq. ft. descent gas and warmed bv exhaust steam from the engine. Elec- catjnf surface fi/ebox sq £ 0 ... Total heating surface o09 sq. ft. trie bell communication is arranged on the engine and at the Grate ,-rea sq. ft. trailing end to insure proper control of the car. The motors run Steam pressure 180 ALL-STEEL /O-FT. POSTAL CAR—PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ALL STEEL POSTAL CAR. Pennsylvania Railroad. The Pennsylvania Railroad has recently completed what is saidto be the first absolutely non-combustible postal car ever car was designed and built at the Altoona shops of thecompany, and is now in service between New York and Wash-ington, D. C. It is 70 ft. long, or 10 ft. longer than the presentstandard postal car. and is constructed throughout of steel andfireproof composite and asbestos board. There is altogether370 lbs. of wood in the car, generally in small pieces, for variouspurposes for which no other material would be as suitable. Bymaking the car 70 ft. long it has been possible to re-arrange theinterior so that the distributing and sorting racks are in thecentre of the car and the storage spaces are at either end, thusplacing the mail clerks in the easiest riding section of the car, aswell as providing much larger storage mail spa
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