Identifier: railwaylocomotiv36newy (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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30 booster was made on the lines of the Delaware & Hudson Diameter driving wheels h7 on the morning- of June 5. A special train leaving Al- Xo. tubes 210 bany at 8 A. jM. carried about 65 guests and officers of thf No. super heater flues 30 railway to Schoharie Junction about 35 miles from Albany Diameter tubes 2 inches on the Susquehanna Division. This was at the foot of Diameter flues 5^ a grade known as the Esperance Hill, about six miles Length of tubes and flues 14 feet long that averacres about .8 per cent, compensated with a Height of stack axive rails 15 feet range from .13 to 1.16 per cent. It was in hauling a Tank capacity, water 9,000 gallons train up this grade towards Albany that the demonstra- Tank capacity, coal 14 tons tion was made. Weight on truck 24,000 pounds The guests were carried on three flat cars that had on drivers 183,150 been provided with protecting railings. This train was •— hauled on a track paralleling the one upon which the deni- Total 207.150
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Locomotive Equipped with M. & L. Booster with Dynamometer Car Attached onstration was being made, and by making slight varia- \\ei.!.;lit on tender (light) 88,400 pounds tions in the speed the flat cars were moved slowly to and tender (loaded) 157,067 fro opfwsite the Ixjoster .so that everyone could have an engine and tender 364,217 opportunity of witnessing its action. This arrangement Tractive power 42,100 is clearly illustrated by the accomf>anying engraving. Steam pressure 200 The booster was attached to the rear truck of the ten- Heating Surface— der of a consolidation locomotive Xo. X)l, which is shown Tubes and flues 2,116 sq. ft. in the frontispJete ilki>tration attached to dynamometer Firebox 227 car. The following are the general dimensions of the loco- moti\e: Jotal 2,343 205 206 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING July, 1923 l:xiiiivalent 3,049 ^ Su;>erheater 4/1 Grate area 90.06 Firebox, length 120>i inches !• irebox, width 108 Frames, center to center

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