American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14758065031)

Identifier: americanengineer75newy (find matches)
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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of steel1% ins. in diameter, through the foot plate and all four sec-tions of the frames. There are an unusual number of crossties to the frames, amounting to eleven in all. These are:The foot plate, a bar in front of the trailer boxes, anotherat the rear of the equalizer fulcrums. a east steel bar acrossunder the front end of the firebox, a tie over the rear drivingboxes, another under the rear driving boxes, another back ofthe lifter shaft boxes, one at the bottoms of the forwarddriving pedestals, the guide yoke, the cylinders and thebumper. With these precautions there should be no breakageof cylinders. The boiler is 70% ins. in diameter and its centeris 111 ins. above the rail. It is plentifully supplied with wash-out plugs and has a mud drum in front of the firebox. Thebrake shoes are at the rear of the drivers and trailers andthe truck wheels also have brakes. The driving brake cylin-ders are in front of the guide yoke. Vacuum and combina- AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL.
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