. Railway age gazette . gines_ ^ Cglinders_ ?ix32 CatlndBrs^..^.Z4i3Z HeaftngSur^ 3teamPntsst/rel30Lbs. « . , . $leam Pressure ZOSOis . , . OmIeArea TOSaFf . , . . TracfltvPbrrer. S4S87, . Tructire fbfrec S0I84UA. Fig. 8—Self-cieaning Front End for Saturated or SuperheatedSteam Locomotives distance from the top of the smokebox to the top of the is recommended as .32 diameter, which would makethis dimension in., while the actual figure is in. Thed

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. Railway age gazette . gines_ ^ Cglinders_ ?ix32 CatlndBrs^..^.Z4i3Z HeaftngSur^ 3teamPntsst/rel30Lbs. « . , . $leam Pressure ZOSOis . , . OmIeArea TOSaFf . , . . TracfltvPbrrer. S4S87, . Tructire fbfrec S0I84UA. Fig. 8—Self-cieaning Front End for Saturated or SuperheatedSteam Locomotives distance from the top of the smokebox to the top of the is recommended as .32 diameter, which would makethis dimension in., while the actual figure is in. Thedistance from the choke to the bottom of the stack extension,according to the recommendations, is .22 diameter or in.,while in the arrangement shown it is 19^ in. The length ofthe is recommended as .9 diameter, which wouldmean in., while the actual figure is in. The writer believes that the recommendations made by theMaster Mechanics Committee are open to some criticism asregards the diameter of the choke and the amount of taperin the stack, when it is considered that when the MasterMechanics tests were made, the fuel used was oil and no nettingwas used in the smokebox, which means that actual conditionsin service were not obtained. When netting is used a of draft is required to produc

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