Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I

CONTINENTAL LOCOMOTIVES. 203 Fig. 20.—COMPOUND EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE, PARIS-ORLEANS RAILWAY. Cylinders, 14^ inches and 23g inches by 25T% inches. Driving wheels, 6 feet 8} inches. Heating surfa ce, 2,616 square feet. Working pressure, 227 lbs. Weight of engine, 72 tons. This is one of the largest “ Atlantics ” used in France. Works trains at average speeds of 55 to 60 miles an hour. Fig. 21.—FOUR-CYLINDER COMPOUND “ATLANTIC” TYPE EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE, HUNGARIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Cylinders, 14 inches and 24| inches by 26 inches. Driving wheels, 6 feet 10| inches. Heating surface, 2,823 square feet. Working pressure, 227 lbs. IF eight of engine, 73| tons. The peculiar arrangement of two steam domes on the boiler with con- necting pipe passing through the sand-box between them is used somewhat extensively in Hungary. Fig. 22.—SIX-COUPLED BOGIE COMPOUND EXPRESS ENGINE, ITALIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Cylinders, 14| inches and 23} inches by 25j inches. Driving wheels, 6 feet 31 inches. Healing surface, 1,653 square feet. Working pressure, 213 lbs. Weight of engine, 69 tons. Adapted for running with,,driver’s cab in front. Coal is carried in bunkers on the engine, and a cylindrical tank tender is attached behind the chimney. There is a good deal to be said in favour of this practice.