Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Sider: 448
UDK: 600 Eng -gl.
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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD,
Fig. 31.—“ATLANTIC” TYPE LOCOMOTIVE, CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY;
Cylinders, 20 inches by 26 inches. Driving wheels, 6 feet 9 inches. Heating surface, 3,015 square feet. Weight of engine,
75 tons. Built by the American Locomotive Company. A good ordinary example of recent American practice.
Fig. 32.—“ ATLANTIC ” TYPE, PHILADELPHIA AND READING- RAILWAY.
Cylinders, 15 inches and 25 inches by 24 inches. Driving wheels, 7 feet. Heating surface, 2,540 square feet. Weight, 83
tons. Special features are the huge Wootten fire-box, the driver’s “ camel ” cab fitted upon boiler barrel, and high and low
pressure piston rods connected to one cross-head. These superposed-cylinder Vauclain compounds work the fastest trains
in tha world, at average speeds of 66 miles an hour.
Fig. 33.—“ MOGUL ” TYPE LOCOMOTIVE, NEW YORK, ONTARIO, AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
Cylinders, 19| inches by 28 inches. Driving wheels, 5 feet 9 inches. Heating surface, 2,119 square feet. Weight, 76 tons
This type is used very extensively in America for ordinary goods traffic. Built by the American Locomotive Company.