. American engineer and railroad journal . h a Schmidt superheater. 1 his engine ranfor a period of 18 months between shoppings, but for some rea-son the comparative fuel consumption was very irregular betweenthe eighth and twelfth months. The supplementary diagram forthis engine, indicated by the X marks, connected by the dottedlines, was for a period immediately preceding that when theengine previously received general repairs, although at the tenthmonth, when this part of the diagram commences, it had receiveda light overhauling. We are indebted to Mr. H. H. Vaughan,assistant to the vice-pr
. American engineer and railroad journal . h a Schmidt superheater. 1 his engine ranfor a period of 18 months between shoppings, but for some rea-son the comparative fuel consumption was very irregular betweenthe eighth and twelfth months. The supplementary diagram forthis engine, indicated by the X marks, connected by the dottedlines, was for a period immediately preceding that when theengine previously received general repairs, although at the tenthmonth, when this part of the diagram commences, it had receiveda light overhauling. We are indebted to Mr. H. H. Vaughan,assistant to the vice-president, for this information. New Station at Washington, D. C.—The new passenger sta-tion at Washington, D. C, built jointly by the Baltimore & OhioRailroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad, was opened on Octo-ber 27. This is one of the finest, if not the finest, in the UnitedStates, and is 632 ft. long, 210 ft. wide and 120 ft. high in themain waiting room. The train shed contains 33 tracks. 462 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. CLASS D-3-B LOCOMOTIVE, WITH CAB BACK OF FIREBOX—DELAWARE & HUDSON CO. TEN-WHEEL LOCOMOTIVE FOR GENERAL SERVICE. Delaware & Hudson Company. The motive power of the Delaware & Hudson Company con-sists very largely of locomotives of the consolidation type, amongwhich are the largest and heaviest locomotives of this type inthe world. These engines, of course, handle all of the heavyslow speed trains, which form a very large part of the lighter passenger trains are handled altogether by the American type, of which there are 77 in service. The re-mainder of the locomotives are divided between the 2-6-0 type,all of which were built before 1900, the 4-6-0 type and the switch-ing types. The first two of these classes, the former of whichhas now been abandoned in new construction in favor of thelatter, are used for the lighter freight and heavy passenger ser-vice. The ten-wheel, or 4-6-0. type, which is known in the roadclassificati
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