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Title: Every boy's book of railways and steamships
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Protheroe, Ernest
Subjects: Railroads Steamboats
Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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t we can guess the power that is required toset in motion a dead-weight of sometimes as muchas 780 tons. This tremendous weight is hauledby the Hull and Barnsleys goods engines (0-8-0)from Cudworth to Hull. The start is on anincline of 1 in 300, and elsewhere in the journeyit is 1 in 150 for 7 miles. On the return thesepowerful engines will draw 65 empties up a five-mile incline of 1 in 100 without assistance. Inthe early days of railways many trains had tobe helped up inclines, at the top of which sta-tionary engines were placed in order to haul thetrain by means of a long cable. The distinguishing feature of the goods enginerests in the coupled wheels. The main types aresix wheels coupled for fast goods ; and less fre-quently six coupled wheels with a two or four-wheeled leading bogie ; eight wheels coupled ; andeight coupled with a single leading axle in frontfor very heavy mineral trains. The wheels ofthese three types vary in diameter from 3 feet6 inches only to 5 feet 2; inches.
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GOODS LOCOMOTIVES.1. L. & Y.R. (0-8-0). 2. L. & S.W.R. (0-6-0). 3. G.C.R. (0-6-0). THE LOCOMOTIVE 77 Many so-called goods engines are also largelyused for heavy excursion traffic; and it may bementioned that not a few of our best goodsengines are but old passenger fliers, rebuilt todo duty in a humbler capacity. As with passenger locomotives, so the goodsengines show many variations in their generalappearance, but when we come to the wheels, theengineers of all countries aim at making the wholeweight of the engine available for adhesion, andwith comparatively small driving-wheels to gainthe highest degree of tractive effort. Tank Engines(Plate VII) A tank engine can be recognized at a glance—it possesses no tender, but carries its fuel andwater upon its own framing. Two points at oncestrike the observer; the tank engine is badlyequipped for a long journey and would be in-capable of a non-stop run of any considerabledistance; but, having no tender, there is no needto turn the

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