Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I

CONTINENTAL LOCOMOTIVES. 205 Fig. 25.—EIGHT-COUPLED TWO-CYLINDER COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE, SAXON STATE RAILWAYS. Cylinders, 20* inches and 30| inches by 24inches. Driving wheels, 4 feet 1 inch. Heating surface, 2,149 square feet. Working pressure, 200 lbs. Weight, 70 tons. Observe the spacing of the wheels, and that the trailing coupled wheels are inside the frames. The engine is fitted with the Klein-Lindner flexible wheelbase mechanism for the rear coupled axle, to enable it to take an angular position round curves, without being affected by the unvarying length of the coupling rods. Fig. 26.—TEN-COUPLED LOCOMOTIVE, AUSTRIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Cylinders, 14| inches and 24-j inches by 28| inches. Driving wheels, 4 feet 9 inches. Heating surface, 2,777 square feet. Weight, 'll tons. Golsdorf four-cylinder compound. These enormous engines work passenger trains through the mountains and move huge goods trains on the more level sections. Fig. 27.—TEN-COUPLED LOCOMOTIVE, SERVIAN STATE RAILWAYS. Golsdorf two-cylinder compound. To give flexibility on curves, the first, third, and fifth axles have a limited side play. Built by the firm of A. Borsig of Berlin.