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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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ht suggest the making of changes. A ing surface being 2,404 square feet, ofwhich 180 square feet are in the firebox.The grate area is 30.7 square feet. Theworking steam pressure is 200 pounds persquare inch. There are 94,400 pounds rest-ing upon the driving wheels and 52,000pounds upon the truck. The tractive pow-er is 12,000 and the ratio of traction toadhesion nearly 8, a most unusual fig-ure, but it indicates that there will not bemuch difficulty with that engine slipping.The boiler is 65 inches diameter at the is, in my opinion, a good opportunity forthe introduction into France of this classof American-made tools; and the Amer-icans, with their extensive and practicalknowledge and the improved methodsthey use in manufacturing their goods,should be able to command the lions shareof the trade. Of course, the scales mustin every case be metrical, as no other sys-tem of measurement is used in France. Inthis respect, at least, the French lead theway; and it is to be hoped that America
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large order for engines of this class hasnow been placed with Schenectady Loco-motive works and very few changes wereconsidered necessary. These engines willbe known as Class I-3. The principal aim of the designer was tomake an engine that could be dependedupon to steam freely under all adverseconditions of weather and load. Like mostof the other express engines belonging tothis company, the cylinders are 19 x 24inches and the driving wheels ^)^ inchesdiameter, but the steam generating capac-ity has been materially increased, the heat- WAITT S NEW E.XPKESS ENGINE. smallest ring and has 364 two-inch tubes.The rigid wheel base is 102 inches; totalwheel base of engine, 23 feet 8 inches.The tender is carried by pressed-steeltrucks, and is equipped with apparatus forlifting the water when train is in motion. Makers of Small Tools Take Notice. A. M. Thackera, the American consul atHavre says: The market in France forthe sale of steel rules, caliper gages andgraduated scales is an open oneâ

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