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Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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heing 1.5SS ft., in 63 minutes. Thisdistance is made up of an average gradient of 4 per cent, be-tween Cumberland and Hyndman, a distance of 13.9 miles, andof 1.4 per cent, between Hyndman and Manila, a distance of17.6 miles, run on a 1.5 per cent, grade with S deg. reversecurvature between Roddy and Manila, and a 1.5 mile on a1.93 per cent, grade. They are also hauling passenger trainsconsisting of 11 cars and approximating 500 tons from a dead stop for a distance of 7 miles on a 1 per cent, grade with from1 to 8% deg. curvature in 14% minutes. The table of dimensions also includes the electric passen-ger locomotives purchased about 10 years ago, which have atotal weight of 196,000 lbs., and a tractive effort of 42,000 lbs.These have been and are in successful operation, and are ofparticular interest in connection with the electric passengerlocomotives now being built for the New York Central andNew York, New Haven & Hartford railroads. 258 American engineer and Railroad journal.
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H CO «H O Q O«Ji—i <! « J<!tfH 2;wo I H KHP£HH HH CO E-l CO <! u Jult, 1906. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 259 CAST STEEL TENDER FRAME.Central Railboad of New Jersey. The Central Railroad of New Jersey has recently put intoservice several tender frames of the design illustrated here-with, which from the standpoint of simplicity, strength andrigidity are undoubtedly an improvement over the usualstructural steel design. This frame is made principally of cast steel and comprises,exclusive of the bumpers, floor and attachments, but 13 separ-ate parts of which 11 are cast steel. The three largest ofthese castings form the main part of the frame, includingthe center sills, bolsters, draft casting and the cross sup- We are indebted to Superintendent of Motive Power WilliamMcintosh for the illustrations and information. The framewas designed in the drawing room of the Jersey Central underthe direction of Mr. B. P. Flory, mechanical engineer. One of these frames arrang

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