American engineer and railroad journal (1893) (14759010332)

Identifier: americanengineer71newy (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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oved. Class M., Xu. .iC Tinder. Weight, empty 37 800 pounds Wheels, number of .. 8, standard, steel-tired, wrou.lil iron plate center JcurnrJr, rliamiUr r.nd l?i gth .je, tntsbio Siamasr hy 3 in-hln Wheelbase 15 feet 3 inches lend.r frame . 10-inch steel channels trucks four-wheel, channel iron, center bearing F and B Water capacity 1.350 U. s.gallons n-., >. , v. I • J--j 9 (2 01,0 pounds i ions Total wheel base cf engine and lender 52 feet 2 inches len*th ...6t feet I inches The design was prepared hy Mr. Heir in consultation with the engineering department of llie build* is. The general din ensions of the design are given in the appended table and the figures in parentheses are the dimensions of a 10-wheel simple locomotive which is a duplicate of the compound in every respect excepting as to the dimensions thus indicaied. Among the fittings used are two 3-inch Ashton safety valves, the American brake on all drivers, the Westinghouse brake on 186 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER
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AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 187 tender and train, the Westinghouse air signal, Kewanee revers-ible brake beam, the Star 16-inch round case headlight, Crosby6-inch chime whistle, Le Chatelier water brake, a double rivetedmud ring, one Mcintosh blow-off cock, Deans sanding device, aspring buffer between the locomotive and tender, and the Con-solidated car-heating apparatus with Sewell couplings. The