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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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ago froma lad of mine at school in England, oc-curred the following passage: I showedthe photos to Mrs. H and she said Success of the New York Central TenWheel Passenger Engine. In tlio .\iigust number of LocomotiveEngineering, we published line drawingsand a half-tone engraving of 948, one ofthe New York Central ten-wheel passen- freedom from the small defects that causethe brcakers-in of locomotives much an-noyance. We recently received from Mr. A. M.Waitt, superintendent of motive power ofthe New York Central, a blueprint show-ing one of these engines hauling sixteenpassenger cars, nine of them being Wag-ner cars of the fullest capacity. The totallength of the train was 1.212 feet, and thetotal weight 916 tons. This train was theSouthwestern Limited. The run was madefrom the Grand Central Station to Al-bany in the scheduled time of 3 hours andIS minutes. The engine seemed perfectlyup to the capacity of the train, and couldprobably haul a car or two more, underfavorable conditions.
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L<ic<imotive Engineering PISTON ROD ROLLER. they were very nice; she thought, how-ever, that the chimneys were rather smallfor the body of the engine. I thought so,too, but I daresay they find it convenientto make them so. Now, sir, I dont know how this strikesyou, but I think a pretty good sermon onCriticism could be preached from theabove as a text. A boy thirteen years oldhas some engine pictures sent him. hearssome honest, unbiased criticism and givesa little of his own—and there the matterends. Some of the older critics, on bothsides of the water, might learn a lessonfrom the above. The boy being unpreju-diced (for in English schools a hatred offoreign countries is not instilled into thechildren), he was free to opine that we ger engines, then just going into service.We have heard from time to time thatthese engines were doing splendid serviceand that their performance has been awaybeyond the expectation of the manage-ment. The engines have cylinders 20 x 28inches, drivin

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