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Identifier: railwaylocomotiv24newy (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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d, R. D., & Co ! Wood, Guilford S !! Wood. Wm. H., Loco! Firebox& TubePlate Co 11 13 5 137 20 16 Cover 8 134 136 13118 Cover Cover 135 13 1 2-3-4 136 13 19 K% locomotive tnjinBGNlljj A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances VoL XXIV. 114 Liberty Street, New York, April, 1911. No. 4 New Railway in China. met in May, 1909. The five tunnels to- one time there were no fewer than be- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British gether represent 10 per cent, of the total tween 4,000 and 5,000 men and women at section) which has recently been com- length of the line. There are 49 bridges, work on the railway, pleted is 23 miles long. Work was be- the longest of which is 200 ft. situated at The rolling stock at present consists of gun towards the end of 190S, and the Taipo having two spans of 60 ft. and two four locomotives, two of these are of first through train to run over the com- of 40 ft. long. Considerable difficulty was the type shown in our illustration. These
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PORTAL OF TUNNEL DRIVEN rHROUGH BEACON HILL. NEW CHINESE KA1L\ pleted section made the journey on July28, 1910. There are five tunnels of whichone running under the Beacon Hill is7,212 feet long. A picture of the portalof this tunnel forms the subject of ourfrontispiece this month. This tunnel wasbegun in January, 1907, and the headings experienced in the construction of thebridges, especially in the foundationwork, owing to the fact that the railwayskirts the seashore for many miles. Sev-eral of the bridges had to be built onwell foundations. There are eight in-termediate stations on the section, and at engines have been supplied by Messrs.Kitson S: Co., of Leeds, England. Thefollowing are the leading dimensions:Cylinders. 19 ins. diameter by 26 ins.stroke; diameter of wheels, leading 3 ft.7 ins., six coupled drivers. 5 ft. 1:_and tr?iling bogie. 3 ft. 7 ins. The boiler 142 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. April, 1911. has its center line 8 ft. 11^4 ins. aboverail level, and carri

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  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Locomotives
  • bookpublisher:New_York___A__Sinclair_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:148
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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