. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ve PowerThomas, of the Southern system, to liaulthe heavy flyer, the Southwestern Lim-ited. As shown in our half-tone, whichconveys a sense of as well asbeauty, it is seen that these engines aremeant for work, of which they will find NEW YORK, APRIL. 1898. evidence of most careful consideration ofparts likely to fail under long and hardservice. The tender has a water capacityof 4,500 gallons, and a coal space to coverall needs in that direction. The tenderframe is of heavy channel steel. A gen-era
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ve PowerThomas, of the Southern system, to liaulthe heavy flyer, the Southwestern Lim-ited. As shown in our half-tone, whichconveys a sense of as well asbeauty, it is seen that these engines aremeant for work, of which they will find NEW YORK, APRIL. 1898. evidence of most careful consideration ofparts likely to fail under long and hardservice. The tender has a water capacityof 4,500 gallons, and a coal space to coverall needs in that direction. The tenderframe is of heavy channel steel. A gen-eral description of the engine is givenherewith:General description: Type of engine—Ten-wheeler. Class of traffic—Fast passenger. Standard Gage. No. 4. Total engine—26 feet I inch. Total tender—17 feet 3 inches. Number and order of wheels having-blind tires—Second in working order; On drivers— pounds. On truck wheels—36,750 pounds. Engine, total—158,000 : H. P., 21 inches diameter, 28 inchesstroke. Distance center to center—87 HEAVIEST \GEll LOCOMOTIVE EVEK plenty to do on the grades which aboundon certain parts of the line, and to makefast time on these hills is the object ofthe designer. The valve gear is not handicapped witlilong, bent eccentric rods, neither are therods abnormally short, the links having aradius of 535^ inches. The rocker is actu-ated by a return bar. Special attentionhas been given to securing the cylindersto the smokebox by double boltingthrough flanges of the saddles, the boltspassing through a -^^-inch steel reinforc-ing plate at the smokebox. Tlie sanu-care has been taken to prevent looseningof the joints at steam and fact, the details of the engines give Fuel—Bituminous of drivers— of truck wheels— gear: Driving wheels, diameter—72 wheels, diameter—36 inches (Mc- Kee-Fuller steel tired).Tender wheels,
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