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Identifier: cyclopediaofloco00swin (find matches)
Title: Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Locomotives
Publisher: Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co.
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may be used in the construction ofsteam drums, also in many cases for dome-covers,thus obviating the necessity of bracing. As there has been a constantly growing demand foran increase in the power of locomotives, and as theboiler is the source of power, builders have been con-istrained to change the design of locomotive boilers in P THE BOILER 79 such manner as wouldbring about an en-largement of both theheating surface andthe grate area. Con-sequently the oldwagon top type oiboiler, with the fire-box down betweenthe drivers and closeto the track, has beenlargely superseded bythe modern straight-top boiler having awide fire-box, whichas applied to freightengines with lowwheels is usuallyabove the rear driv-ers, but as applied topassenger engineswith high wheels isusually behind therear drivers and sup-ported by trailingwheels, as in Atlan-tic 4-4-2, Prairie 2-6-2 and the Pacific4-6-2n types. Theintroduction of thewide fire-box andconsequent increaseof great area hasmade it possible to
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