. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . and develops at 450 Half compressioncams are fitted, and for greater con- ent that it would have been capable ofdrawing the same load at a much high-er speed or a much heavier load at thesame speed. The trial included stop-ping and restarting on the steepestgradients. The running of the locomo-tive, and especially the ease with whichit was controlled and reversed, gavecomplete satisfaction to all parties con-cerned, and those present to watch thetrial signified their entire ap
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . and develops at 450 Half compressioncams are fitted, and for greater con- ent that it would have been capable ofdrawing the same load at a much high-er speed or a much heavier load at thesame speed. The trial included stop-ping and restarting on the steepestgradients. The running of the locomo-tive, and especially the ease with whichit was controlled and reversed, gavecomplete satisfaction to all parties con-cerned, and those present to watch thetrial signified their entire approval. Steel vs. Iron—A Night With a Ghost. BY GEORGE RICHARDS. Clothed with authority from the NewEngland Railroad Club (where the storywas read) we employed an expert ascourier and interpreter, invoking the aidof old Vulcan, the god of fire, the work-er in metals, the blacksmith who forgedthe thunderbolts, and commenced ourjourney of investigation. With him we were watted over theland and over the sea, he leading us onback past the time of old Tubal Cain,to the period- when time was young, if. BRITISH G.\SC)I,INE LOCOJIOTIVE. venience an S single cylinder en-gine is fitted for starting purposes. Westinghouse brakes are fitted in ad-dition to the ordinary hand brakes, alsoa sanding apparatus for use when thestreets are greasy. The water and petrol tanks are ofsufficient capacity for a whole days work,and the motor is cooled by a large tubu-lar radiator fitted with a fan. The me-chanism is all covered in from view toconform with Board of Trade regula-tions. The weight of the locomotivecomplete is about twelve tons. ■ The official trial of this locomotivetook place on February 29, when a largenumber of influential gentlemen werepresent. The cars shown in the photo-graph were loaded with paving stonesto bring them up to the contract weight(fifty tons). The locomotive drew thetrainall over the system with perfectease, and it was evident to those pres- ever such there was
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