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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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paint of engine ar locomotives that the Brooks Locomotive crown stays go through the sheets radi- is bronze green, relieved by Wurlis are building for the Brazilian gov ally. stripes. ,-ninicnt roads. - The firebox is of ^ i- copper. flue- There are three signal lamps ■) hr . irder is for sixty locomotives, fifteen sheets ;4 in. brake. Tliese great engines aK- best quality and the t three inch gauge The fro2ter, or ggM-in^h d ringThe do(e splendid spcci- and withsrial being all of and away irners of the engine, that are as large as t!now used on the New Yorihoul a ring, Pennsylvania roads. 1 the fire, the back (ire Just over the engineers head is locateithe whistle lever, and on the shaft ruiacross the top of the cab is the sandthere being no other place to locate iwould be so handy or work so easily,e on The steam turret is placed in a vef the pfjsition on the boiler head as shown The engines have Nathan lubricjwith independent cup for air pump.The boiler head is lagged and jacl ng
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The general style of the engine can beseen from the engravings. The machinemight have been made to look a little bet-er, perhaps, had the headroom beengreater, but they are held down to 14 ft.ft in. by the size of the many tunnelson the line. This caused the cabs to bemade with such a rounding roof and thelowering of the running boards so as to The cylinders of these engines are aix iji in, wide and the exhaust port 3^4 1- i outside the fire The boiler, just as you7>i m. long and 1>S in. < wide inside. The grates iand pull bars, and the briiported on tubes from the enflue sheet. There are 24S i The eighed (w Thed g and 38J^ in, t arch is sup-own sheet to the loj^ in. long,thout flues or as shown, 46,500 s engine IT the pump shown and)r the two No. 10 Monitors. On the meter gauge suburban engineslere is a Pintsch gas cylinder and arrange-lents for lighting signal lamps and head-ght with it. The engines and tenders are equipped liuipment, the American equalized brake The arrang

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