. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The Bulldog Class Locomotive of the Great Western Railwayof England frames, straight boiler barrel with dome, Belpaire fireboxwith safety-valve on roof shed, and short smoke-box ofthe old-time, familiar British type. The next aspect of development is exemplified by the. 4-4-0 Type Locomotive Godolphin I iodolphin, which had the later style of outside frames,domeless boiler with straight barrel and safety valvemounted thereon, Belpaire firebox, and an extended smoke-box supported by a saddle.
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . The Bulldog Class Locomotive of the Great Western Railwayof England frames, straight boiler barrel with dome, Belpaire fireboxwith safety-valve on roof shed, and short smoke-box ofthe old-time, familiar British type. The next aspect of development is exemplified by the. 4-4-0 Type Locomotive Godolphin I iodolphin, which had the later style of outside frames,domeless boiler with straight barrel and safety valvemounted thereon, Belpaire firebox, and an extended smoke-box supported by a saddle. It will be observed that ajack was carried on running-board near this saddle. The final form assumed by this class is illustrated bythe Chaffinch, which has a coned boiler barrel. Thisengine received a temporary light finish for photographicpurposes; though the standard color, then as now. wasgreen. All engines of the Bulldog Class now conform, asclosely as possible, to the Chaffinch which, since thephotograph was taken, has been fitted with top-feed. The October, 1927 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 289 class is useful on hilly and otherwise difficult sectionsof the line, and consists of about 135 engines. The dimen-sions are as follows: Cylinders 18 by 26 inches, drivers68 inches, boiler pressure 200 lbs., grate area squarefeet, heating surface 1,
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