. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . coat-of-arms on each side, which addsto the richness of the effect. Inside thecar is finished in mahogany, which is taste-fully carved. The main compartment,which is more than one-half the lengthof the car. is a drawing room, with lowand wide French plate-glass windows. It with a modern range, water tanks, sink,hot and cold water arrangements and acomplete cooking outfit. Although the caris small there is ample room for the cook-ing force to work. Each car is mounted on double trucks,which ar
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . coat-of-arms on each side, which addsto the richness of the effect. Inside thecar is finished in mahogany, which is taste-fully carved. The main compartment,which is more than one-half the lengthof the car. is a drawing room, with lowand wide French plate-glass windows. It with a modern range, water tanks, sink,hot and cold water arrangements and acomplete cooking outfit. Although the caris small there is ample room for the cook-ing force to work. Each car is mounted on double trucks,which are much smaller than the trucksunder passenger cars in this country. Thegage is also much narrower, being whatis called meter gage, 39J^ inches. Eachcar is provided with a thread-brake ar-rangement. The cars will be used by KingAlphonso in traveling from place to placeand in entertaining guests on trips. Examination for Promotion. CONTINUATION OF TRAVELING ENGINEERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM P.\GE 393, SEPTEMBER ISSUE. Q. 74—What is the best material to useto Mock between driving-box and frame?. i;.\LDWIN .\TL.\XTIC TVIE FOR BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH RAILWAY. pounds on the engine truck and 31,540pounds on the trailing wheels. The boileris 64 inches diameter at the front ring andcarries a working pressure of 200 poundsto the square inch. The firebox is of steeland is I02j/g inches long, 66/i inches wideand 72^ inches deep at the front and 705^4inches at the back. There are 336 2-inchlubes, 15 feet 10 inches long. The totallieating surface is square feet, ofwhich 2,771 square feet are in the tubesand 179 square feet in the firebox. Thegrate area is 46 feet 9 inches. A peculiarity of this engine, for one ofthe Atlantic type, is the great depth offirebox, which is something quite unusualwith the wide which is a notedfeature about the Atlantic type of driving wheel-base is 7 feet, the rigidwheel-base being 14 feet 2 inches, and thetotal engine wheel
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