. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ke—Westinghouse and American,combined: brakes on all drivers, tender,and for train, g^-inch air pump. The Indianapolis Journal says: Thecloser relations being established be-tween the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Daytonand the Indianapolis, Decatur & Westernand the purchase by each of the roads of1,000 new cars makes it evident that theIndianapolis division of the Cincinnati,Hamilton & Dayton is to become a moreimportant line to the system through itsconnection with the Indianapolis. De-catur & Western, as nei
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ke—Westinghouse and American,combined: brakes on all drivers, tender,and for train, g^-inch air pump. The Indianapolis Journal says: Thecloser relations being established be-tween the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Daytonand the Indianapolis, Decatur & Westernand the purchase by each of the roads of1,000 new cars makes it evident that theIndianapolis division of the Cincinnati,Hamilton & Dayton is to become a moreimportant line to the system through itsconnection with the Indianapolis. De-catur & Western, as neither the Cincin-nati, Hamilton & Dayton nor the Indian-apolis, Decatur & Western for the lasttwo years has been able to supply ordersfor cars which legitimately belongs to thetwo roads, having to depend too muchon connections and fast freight lines tohelp them out in the matter of cars. Withthese new cars the Cincinnati, Hamilton& Dayton will be one of the best equippedper mile of any of the roads in this sec-tion. March, iSgS. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. o I O Q >^ O I O 5 qS U IU : 2; ■ < Q< in a< 130 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. March. i8g8. Fads and Fancies in LocomotiveBuilding-No. 3. In about 1S38 and i8jg the question ofmore powerful engines came to the front,and eight-wheel engines were just com-ing into use when Matthew Baldwin, whoopposed the eight-wheel plan on theground of having too many parts and thedifficulty of keeping the drivers of exactlythe same size—more adhesion beingnecessary than could be obtained with hisearly engines—devised the plan shown incliart No. 3, and was granted a patent onit December 31. 1840. An independent shaft was placed be-tween the truck axles and connected bycranks and the long side rod to the maindrivers. The shaft carried a central cogwheel which drove each truck axle,through intermediate gearing; the inter- h(-ur5 and 22 minutes, and was highlycommended by many; but in spite of thisand the most sanguine hopes of Mr.
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