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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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asignal was against the train and the speedwas reduced to about 20 miles an hourbefore tlie signal was lowered. That wasabout three-quarters of a mile from thesucceeding mile post. I noted the timefrom tliat mile post to the next one and themile w ;is run in 60 seconds. That will tubes have 1,644.9 square feet of heatingsurface; the total heating surface being1,835.1 square feet. Tank capacity, 4.000gallons. i i i OIl-Burnlng Locomotive. The Great Eastern R;uhv;;\. England,is using some of Mr. James Holdens oil-burning express engines, one of which isshown. The cylinders are 18 by 26 inches;drivers, 7 feet 6 inches; boiler pressure,160 pounds. The driving wheels haveboth inside and outside bearing. The oil fuel is burned with Mr. Hold-ens patent system, the tank carrying 750gallons of oil. t i( 1 The testing of axles and cast wheels bya falling wei,ght has developed some ofthe crudest contrivances possible to con-ceive. Anything seems to be goodenough to give tlie blow, and the ques-
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OXE OF MR. HOLDEN.S OIL-BLRNING ENGINES fireman appeared to do his best to keepthe pressure about five pounds short ofthe popping point, and he did his workwell, hut the indications were that he hadmore difficulty in keeping the steam downto the popping point than in letting itrise. He did not seem to work much onthe fire. He watched it very closely, andthrew in a few lumps occasionally, butthere was no hard work in supplying allthe steam needed to do the enormouswork of pulling the heavy train at thespeed noted. The coal used was smalllump similar to house furnace coal. The road is a little undulating, but therises and descends seemed to make littledifference to the speed. Out throughstretches of farm lands, away throughspreading woods and moor-like regionsof scrub oaks the train rushed along,neither curve nor grade seeming to re-strain its velocity. The engine rode with give a good idea of the power of the en-engine which is shown on our first page. Two minutes were used in running

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