Identifier: locomotiveengine10hill (find matches)
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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ia sectional. Firebox, type—Sloping over frames. Firebox, material—Carnegie steel. Firebox—Length, 1079^ inches. Firebox—Width. 40$ inches. Tubes—Number, 274; diameter, 2inches. Heating surface—Tubes, 1.646.7 squarefeet. Heating surface—Firebox. 167.46 squarefeet. Heating surface—total, 1,814.16 squarefeet. (irate surface—30.4 square feet. Tender wheels—Number, eight. At the Schenectady Locomotive Worksthere is a large amount of wrought scrapworked up in the course of a year, andthe billets piled up by the cord attest thathammered scrap is still used to a con-siderable extent by the patrons of theworks. Great care is exercised in therattling of this scrap—not to get the rustoff—but to leave enough on, for the rea-son that the oxide on scrap iron forms anexcellent flux for welding. The North Eastern Railway of England,which used Joys valve gear for a timeand abandoned it, have returned to itsuse. They are putting it on all newengines. 676 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING.
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ST. LAWRENCE & ADIRONDACK LOCOMOTIVE BOILER
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K 5 n ooo o o?: o M 5 mo%m j Has Throttling of Steam Under Investiga-tion. A committee of the Traveling. Engi-neers Association, of which W. E. Wid-geon, Logansport, I nil., is chairman, hassent out the following circular: Your committee on the fourth subjectfor discussion at our next annual meet-ing, viz.: How should a locomotive beoperated to secure the most economicaluse of steam and fuel, speed and weight(jf train to be considered? desire answersto the following questions, and any otherinformation on the subject that will be ofbenefit or interest to the association: I. In your judgment, should a locomo-tive be worked with throttle wide openunder all possible conditions? 2. Do youconsider it economical for enginemen,when possible, to regulate speed withthrottle with reverse lever, or with both?3. Do you consider it good judgment towork steam expansively beyond a certainlimit; if not, where would you place thelimit? 4. To attain the most economicalresults, would you carry water in b

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