. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections of Pennsylvania Lines West 2-10-2 Type Locomotive are extremely heavy they are in service on a division withlow gradesy All that have been received thus far are on thelines runnmg from Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pa., toAshtabula, O., and Erie, Pa. The majority of the trafficbeing handled is ore moving from Ashtabula to Conway andcoal from Conway to Ashtabula. The ruling grade on thisline is per cent, and the engines are handling approxi- placed with the American Locomotive Company for 35 ofthese locomotives, and 25 are to be built at the BaldwinL
. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections of Pennsylvania Lines West 2-10-2 Type Locomotive are extremely heavy they are in service on a division withlow gradesy All that have been received thus far are on thelines runnmg from Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pa., toAshtabula, O., and Erie, Pa. The majority of the trafficbeing handled is ore moving from Ashtabula to Conway andcoal from Conway to Ashtabula. The ruling grade on thisline is per cent, and the engines are handling approxi- placed with the American Locomotive Company for 35 ofthese locomotives, and 25 are to be built at the BaldwinLocomotive Works. Locomotives with five coupled pairs of driving wheels anda lateral motion driving box on the front axle cannot traversecurves sharper than 16 deg. In order to enaljle these enginesto pass 23 deg. curves both the front and rear drivers are. 2-10-2 Type Locomotive for the Pennsylvania Lines V^/est mately 85 loaded ore cars. The locomotives have a ratingof 7,100 adjusted tons which amounts to about 6,000 actualtons. The Consolidation type has long been the standard forfreight service on the Pennsylvania Lines West of recent designs develop>ed practically the limit of thetractive effort obtainable with four driving As the fitted with the Woodward floating axle. The tires on thesewheels are set 53 J^ in. apart, and the main driving wheelshave blind tires. In order to permit of coupling on sharpcurves a pilot drawbar with a long shank is used and thepilot beam casting is cored out where the coupler enters, sothat it can swing some distance on either side of the centerline. 63 64 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 93, No. 2 While designed primarily as a road engine this type is welladapted for use in hump yard service. A unique design ofcast steel road and switching pilot worked out by representa-tives
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