. The railroad and engineering journal . ne keelsons, bulkheads, coal-bunkers, etc., has been modified to suit the new consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines havingcylinders i6j in., 26 in., and 41 in. diameter,with a stroke of 30in., and working at 150 lbs, pressure, steam being provided by 520 THE RAILROAD AND [November, 1888. two double-ended cylindrical Scotch sieel boilers. The carry-ing power of the vessel has been increased by about 190 tons,large additional deck space for cattle gained, while the net reg-ister tonnage has been reduced by 247 tons. The speed has
. The railroad and engineering journal . ne keelsons, bulkheads, coal-bunkers, etc., has been modified to suit the new consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines havingcylinders i6j in., 26 in., and 41 in. diameter,with a stroke of 30in., and working at 150 lbs, pressure, steam being provided by 520 THE RAILROAD AND [November, 1888. two double-ended cylindrical Scotch sieel boilers. The carry-ing power of the vessel has been increased by about 190 tons,large additional deck space for cattle gained, while the net reg-ister tonnage has been reduced by 247 tons. The speed has beenconsiderably increased, and the consumption of fuel reduced.—Marine Journal. A New Railroad Ditcher. The accompanying illustrations show machinery which isdesigned to take a place between the wheel scraper and steamshovel, and to fill a vacancy as a ditcher in railroad mainte-nance of way, doing away with the expense and weight of thesteam shovel, as well as the expense incurred in hauling withthe wheel scraper at long Fig. 1. In these illustrations ng. i shows the plows ; fig. 2 is a frontview of the scrapers, and fig. 3 a perspective view of the same. The appliances consist of plows and scrapers attached to thesides of a car so as to excavate to a considerable depth belowor above the rail. The plows are necessarily of strong con-struction, enough to loosen any earth which can be removedwithout blasting. The side-arms, which are pivoted on thecenter beam of the car and to the plow-beams, allow the plow-
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