. The street railway review . polished false lieads arc providedfor covering the back cylinder heads. The frames are of the lulltangyc type with liorcd guides and of inassivc construction through-out. The frame, pillow block and guides arc cast in one piece,giving a foundation contact the entire length and making but onejoint (where attached to the cylinder) and insuring absoluterigidity and perfect alignment under all conditions. The mainhearings arc lined with genuine babbitt metal, provision beingmade for taking up wear on the ([uarter boxes; there is an oil reser-voir with chain oilers to
. The street railway review . polished false lieads arc providedfor covering the back cylinder heads. The frames are of the lulltangyc type with liorcd guides and of inassivc construction through-out. The frame, pillow block and guides arc cast in one piece,giving a foundation contact the entire length and making but onejoint (where attached to the cylinder) and insuring absoluterigidity and perfect alignment under all conditions. The mainhearings arc lined with genuine babbitt metal, provision beingmade for taking up wear on the ([uarter boxes; there is an oil reser-voir with chain oilers to give continuous lubrication of these partsand the bottom shells arc furnished with water circulating pipes toprevent heating, Nugent pendulum center oilers are used forlubricating the crankpins. The pistons are made of cast iron withself-acting packing rings and adjustable junk ring, and the pistonrod is provided with Tripps metallic packing. The crossheads arcmade of special semi-steel, of the box pattern and fitted with ad-. KXTEKIOR VIRW Ob POWKR HOUSE. instable babbitted shoes. The crosshead shoes are turned andaccurately fitted to the guides, and these being cylindrical it allowsan adjustment around the center line of the engine. The con-necting rods are of the solid end type, adjustable at both ends, andwith solid phosphor bronze boxes at the crosshead and phosphorbronze boxes babbitted at the crank pin end. The cranks are ofthe disk fo^ni, counterbalanced on the back side, and turned andpolislied. The valve gear is of the liberating type, and so designedthat the governor controls the point of cut-oflt from zero to three-quarters stroke. Large wearing surfaces are provided, and thepatented drop lever which constitutes a part of the valve mechan-ism is keyed to the valve stem and supported in the bonnet, thusrelieving the steam valve stem from all transverse strain. Thelatch dies are of hardened steel with eight wearing surfaces, andprovided with a patented adjustment, whe
Size: 1446px × 1727px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., book, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectstreetrailroads
