. American engineer and railroad journal . speed, the manage-ment havi; designetl a more powerful type of locomotivewhich still preserves a resemblance to the lines of the oldmachine. It is a t\pe built by jM. M. C^arels, and was shownat the Antwerp I^xposition. bronze, and is provided with cheek pieces, which protect theconneetii)ns. The construction of thccrossliead for the piston-rod iias tlic |ieculiarity that, although it is guided by fourguides, it permits tlic forircd head of tlie pin to be put into position williout tlie straji being rcmoveil. Tiiis is aceomplisliedby lowering the brac
. American engineer and railroad journal . speed, the manage-ment havi; designetl a more powerful type of locomotivewhich still preserves a resemblance to the lines of the oldmachine. It is a t\pe built by jM. M. C^arels, and was shownat the Antwerp I^xposition. bronze, and is provided with cheek pieces, which protect theconneetii)ns. The construction of thccrossliead for the piston-rod iias tlic |ieculiarity that, although it is guided by fourguides, it permits tlic forircd head of tlie pin to be put into position williout tlie straji being rcmoveil. Tiiis is aceomplisliedby lowering the bracket to wliicli the guides are atlaclied, soas to leave tlie head of the wrist-pin free. Steam is taken from the dome ; tlie throttle-valve is, how-ever, (ilaced in the smoke box against the tube sheet, where itis more easily inspeclcil than if it were in the dome. The ordinary reverse lever is replaced, for tlie oftrial, by a steam reversing-gear composed of two horizontalcylinders, whose pistons are attached to a common rod. One. DIMEN8IONS. Diameter of cylinders Stroke of |)ist()n8 Average diameter of boiler 3 Number of tubes 145 Lengtb of tubes ^0 .34 Outside diiuneler of tubes Heating surface, tlrebox tubes ft.
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