Identifier: locomotiveengine13hill (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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THE LARGEST LOGON Cylinders—24 x ^2 inches.Drivers, diameter—54 inches.Boiler at throat sheet—88 inches.Length of engine—41 feet Ij^ incliesLength of engine and tender—68 feet. Steam pressure—22CHeating surface—3,!Grate surface—36.8Tank—7,500 gallonsHeight to top of sta
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IVE IN THE WORLD. Ids. iiari,- feet. ; feet. , 14 tons coal. 5 feet. Weight on truck—25,100 pounds. Weight on drivers—225,200 pounds. Weight of engine—250,300 pounds. Weight of tender—141,100 pounds. Weight of engine and tender—391,400 pounds. July, 1900. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 309 Air=Brake Department. Old and New Methods of HoldingTrains on Mountain Grades. We illustrate herewith records takenfrom a freight train descending steepgrades on a Western ore road. Therecords show graphically the advantagegained by the use of retaining valves andby making frequent recharges. The speed lines show, in a measure, theoperation of the brakes or the frequencyof the applications. Beginning at the right and reading to CONDUCTED BY P. M. NBLUS. the less liability there is of brakes leakingoff, less train-line leakage, and conse-quently less time is required for recharg-ing. The shorter the time required for re-charging, the less liability of retainer leak-age, and the practice of making m

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