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Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ndentM., P. & M., to whom credit is principally due for the suc-cess attained in the design and operation of all these cars,for the above information and illustrations. Railway Storekeepers Association.—The third annualmeeting of the Railway Storekeepers Association will be heldat the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, May 21, 22 and 23. Aninteresting program has been provided, and the indicationsare that the convention will be a very successful one. Capacity of the Locomotive.—Formerly the capacity of alocomotive was estimated largely from the capacity of itscylinders, and this led occasionally to the use of cylinders ofsuch dimensions that the boilers provided were not capableof generating sufficient steam to enable them to be worked attheir maximum economical power for any length of run. To-day this is changed, and the first consideration is the capacityof the boiler.—Mr. G. J. Churclnoard. before the Institution ofMechanical Engineers. 1SS AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL.
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200,000 LB. CAPACITY FLAT CAR. The desire to ship heavy castingsand parts of large engines whichoften individually weigh more than100,000 lbs. led the Allis-ChalmersCompany, of Milwaukee, to requestthe mechanical department of theChicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-way to design for them some flatcars capable of carrying 220,000 lbs.This work was turned over to Mr.James F. DeVoy, mechanical en-gineer, who, in connection with Mr.A. E. Manchester, superintendent ofmotive power, and Mr. J. J. Hen-nessey, master car builder, has de-signed the car shown in the illus-trations herewith, two of whichhave been built at the West Milwau-kee shops of the road. In the original discussion of thegeneral features of the design itwas decided that the car shouldhave standard M. C. B. parts as faras possible, so that it could be easilyrepaired anywhere in the UnitedStates. This was particularly de-sirable in connection with wheels,axles, journal boxes and truckparts. Following up that idea, itwas dec

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