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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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. country. The road has quite a variety of typesof engines, among which the sin. ill. :istyles predominate. There are a fewAtlantic types, several large tank en- dnin- 1., I) i, (I i< ;„ . ,i i.ml. ■ ii in. To • ii ed to the severely plain looking and often poorly kept upengim s ol American roads n seemi .1good to . . i he si ■ ai efully looked afti iand handsomely painted machine Bui then, the ivei lh hinan takes a l.i i. rest iii the railroads of his country than we do over here. Heknows tin- name ..I llie engine thaihauls the nine oclock down as well ashis own name, and would probablin.il i .;iin. ..in .hi h. engine was noikepi up in good shape. This attitudeon the part of the public is relle. ;.-.; inthe attitude of the roads themselvi .and results, I think, in better feeling allaround than generally prevails in thiscountry. The road runs some splendid expresstrains, ,,n most of which Pullman serv-ice In provided. These parlor cars aresimilar to ours, only smaller. Some
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TYPICAL BRITISH 6-WHEEL GOODS LOCOMOTIVE, SHOWING TANDEM WATERCYLINDER CONNECTED TO AIR PUMP. gines, etc., but the majority are small.The most peculiar ones I saw were aclass of 0-4-2 express engines, useduntil recently to haul the fastest trains.They are inside connected and veryneat looking. The use of these enginesseems a direct contradiction to thestatement so often made that an enginewithout a leading truck is unsafe athigh speeds. There are also some in-teresting little 0-6-0 tank engines, builtabout 1872 and now used for so-calledmotor-car trains, that is one or twolight cars for suburban work. The latest engines on the road aretwo large 4-6-2 tank engines Xos. 325and 326, built at the works in 1910.They are identical except as to valvegear. No. 325 having the ordinary linkmotion and the other Walschaerts gear.Some of the newer engines haveSchmidt superheaters and they are saidto be satisfactory. Freight or goods trains are hauledby 0-6-0 engines, inside connected, withseparate

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