. Railway mechanical engineer . EDITION Icj ihat of tlie Baltimore &: (lliio loconioliv f illiislratccl in tlu-ilcscription above retcrred to. The dilTereiice in the lieatiiigsurface is due almost entirely to an increase in the length oftubes, which are 24 ft. long as compared with a length of 23ft. in the boilers of the Baltimore & Ohio locomotives. Thelubes are welded into the back tube sheet. The new boilerhas a conical ring in the middle of the barrel which increasesthe shell diameter from 90 in. tu 100 in. I In- iraiii dome is s|>ecial atlciiliiiii has bciii Kivcn to the exhaust passag
. Railway mechanical engineer . EDITION Icj ihat of tlie Baltimore &: (lliio loconioliv f illiislratccl in tlu-ilcscription above retcrred to. The dilTereiice in the lieatiiigsurface is due almost entirely to an increase in the length oftubes, which are 24 ft. long as compared with a length of 23ft. in the boilers of the Baltimore & Ohio locomotives. Thelubes are welded into the back tube sheet. The new boilerhas a conical ring in the middle of the barrel which increasesthe shell diameter from 90 in. tu 100 in. I In- iraiii dome is s|>ecial atlciiliiiii has bciii Kivcn to the exhaust passages,vvliicb are unusually direct and of liljeral section area. Steamdistrilnition is controlled by 16-in. piston valves driven by theBaker gear and set with a lead of 3/16 in. The locomotive isequipped with the Kagonnet power reverse gear. The reciprocating parts are comparatively light for an en-gine of this size, l-orged and rolled steel f)istons of Z-sectionare used. The guides are of the alTgator type with a \crtical. -26 0% >»»(<- Sectional Elevation of the Boiler of the Erie 2-10-2 Type Locomotive of pressed steel in one piece and is mounted on the connec-tion ring, while the auxiliary dome is forward cf the fireboxon the third ring and is placed over a 16-in. opening in theshell. The boiler contains a combustion chamber 28 in. is a full installation of flexible staybolts in the waterlegs, and four rows of flexible bolts support the front endof the combustion chamber crown. The equipment includesa Schmidt superheater, Security brick arch. Street stoker. distance of 20 in. between the bars. The crossheads havesteel bodies with bronze gibs 32 in. in length and are verysimple in design. They weigh 785 lb. apiece, and althoughlarge in itself, this weight may be considered low for thesize required. The front and back main rod stubs are of theMarkel type with removable brasses. .\s shown in one of thedrawings, the cast steel filling blocks in the main stub
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