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Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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factory per-formance in hauling an 8-car train on asharp time schedule. The coal gatemight as well be made a permanent fix-ture, for it was not taken out on the run,which was made at a fuel expenditure of50 miles per ton. The firebox construction of these en- of certain officials of tlie road being astanding committee to pass on the cuisine,there is not much room for a kick fromanybody. The windows of these cars areingeniously arranged for removal incleaning; being double, it was impossibleto keep them in a presentable conditionwithout great expense. The trouble wassurmounted by pivoting the top of theinside windows, the pivots traveling ina slot for a short distance, after which theywere free to lift out from between theposts, as they are held in place by thepivots at the top and the usual catch atthe bottom. No battens are used. The kitchen end of the car presentedan inviting appearance, with the cuttingand warming tables covered with galvan-ized iron, instead of the regulation cop-
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EXPRESS CO.MPOUND FOR C. .M. & ST. P. RAILROAD. Weight on truck, 40,000 pounds. Boiler diameter, 60 inches. Number of tubes, 264. Diameter of tubes, 2 inches. Length of tubes, 15 feet. Firebox length, 103 3-16 inches. Firebox width, 42^^ inches. Firebox depth, 71^ inches front, 69inches back. Heating surface firebox, 171 square feet. Heating surface tubes, 2,073.5 squarefeet. Heating surface, total, 2,244.5 squarefeet. Truck wheels diameter, 36 inches. Truck journals, sA x 10 inches. Trailing wheels diameter, 54 inches. Trailing journals, 7 x 12 inches. Tender tank capacity, 4,500 gallons. Tender wheels diameter, 33 inches. Tender journals, 4^ x 8 inches. In the British Isles a division mastermechanic is called locomotive inspector. gines is such as to give a large water spacebetween side sheets at the top. They aremade with a space of 8 inches at the topand taper to 4 inches at the mud ring,which gives a chance for proper watercirculation, and there is no doubt that thesuperior s

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