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Identifier: railwaylocomotiv14newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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eight of engine and tender, total—273,976 pounds. Tender wheels—Diameter, 32 inches. Tender journals—Diameter and length,5x9 inches. Tender tank capacity—5,000 U. S. gal-lons. bad at the bat. One day when he wasasked where he got his training he sur-prised them all by the statement that helearned to play ball while he was runninga locomotive on the J., Y. & K. R. R.His statement caused a roar of laughter,and he was asked for an explanation.Its every word true, boys, was the re-ply. You see, the road was a single-track line, very crooked, and we neverstarted out without the expectation ofhaving a head-end or rear-end collision,and in this we were seldom disappointed.Sometimes the trains would fail to makeschedule time, but the passengers knewthat they could expect to see a wreckalong the road. I got my practice jump-ing off the engine and hustling for a corn-field or a stone wall. Sometimes when Igot mixed up between tumbling box-carsit was exciting work to dodge them. With
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DICKSON GRAND TRUNK MOGULS. tion of these engines give a clear idea oftheir characteristics. The general dimen-sions are: Cylinders—^^20x26 inches. Boiler, type—Radial stay extensionwagon top. Boiler—Diameter at small ring, 62inches. , Boiler—Thickness of sheets, 7-16 x ^ xf^ inch. Boiler pressure—200 pounds. Firebox material—Steel. Firebox length—120 inches. Firebox width-—40 inches. Firebox depth—Front, 77 inches; back,65 inches. Firebox, thickness of sheets—Sides, 5-16inches; back, H inch. Crown—a inch; tube sheets, yi inch. Tubes—Number, 283; diameter,2inches;length, II feet 11 inches. Heating surface—Firebox, 186 square There was recently a strike inauguratedamong the workmen of the repair shopsbelonging to the New York Central atRochester. The men wanted to be paidthe same rates as were paid to the men inthe Depew shops. It appears that the rail-road company -had been intending foryears to close up the Rochester shops, butkept them going in consideratio

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  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Locomotives
  • bookpublisher:New_York___A__Sinclair_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
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