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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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ASnCRICAH KkAikkrv. iTo bf substituted for the large plate sent out with the Junuanj number.) ENGLISH EXPRESS PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE DESIGNED BY MR, W. ADAMS, LOCOMOTIVE SUPEKINTENDENT OP THE LONDON & SOUTHVrESTERN RAILWArBDILT AT THE NINE-ELMS WORKS OF THAT COMPANY.
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~BTVi3iiisKMta, fiher^X.rJ Vol. LXVII. No. I.) AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 27 for various mccluinical purposes by means of electric trans-mission. From tij(s. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the powerstation is located at the foot of the incline, water beiny sup-plied by three lines of oO-in. ))ipe, 1,300 ft. in length, deliver-insj water to the wheels under a head of about 100 ft. The canal extends l.(i miles from the foot of the inclineto the Kamagawa River, with which it connects by a lock. The canal has been built for a moderate sum, the wholecost not exceeding .^1,250,000. The works were designedby Mr. Sakuro Tanabe, Professor of Civil Engineering inthe Imperial University, and were executed under his super-vision. THE LOCOMOTIVE PROBLEM AGAIN. In the Railroad and Engineering Jouhnal for Aprillast there was given the following PROBLEM. Let it be supposed that the stroke of the pistons of a loco-motive is 3 ft., the diameter of the driving-wheels 7 ft. andthe speed 00 miles ))er hour ; wha

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