The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-07

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o'eeaeFs take IN theif trsck fayor;sss
a monster new locomotive. bniIt
plate on each side of her srnoT ,. = ss 4
designates, by the Hiukley I.ocon,os;s.AA
Company, Boston. She j. ae-;,-..ss
and constructed for the Stron > I ssea
motive Company. As Rras5 80
New York, for the Atchison. Tors1ts.,
q Santa Fe railroad. Ii i Ire If,,aas
/ built of the strong locorn,, .sses1
which combine some radical Co.
ures from the ordinary Iocor,ss,sa.1-
practice. and which have attracts. ~
attention OF railway men and Ioco, sase
tive builders wherever their nSrf S.e
anee could be studied. The imnsnaanl N
mentS are the invention of Mr. Cs's,s-
;. strong, ut one time mechanicsI - ~
perintendent of the Iehigh Vslls-
road, and the initial machine wh;si
was built to handle heavy exn-s.s
trains up long, steep grade, has hsas
exhibited IN various parts ~ -
country. while second machine -
the one IN this city, has been m.
through a thorough series OF tests -
competition with an ordinary stan@
ard American engine and an ei~ht
wheel engine With the or,lins,r.
I tre-box, bat fitted with the Stron,
valve gear The peculiaritv -
the construction OF the Strong loco.
5 motive Is IN her furnaces and cornhns
ton chamber, her cylinder valves ana
/ valve gears, and in the Arrangement.
| OF her wheels and running gear. Tha
/ boiler has two furnaces. each one he;n.
a wei Ell and corrugated steel cyiin.lss
~ inches in diameter and 7 feet lnne
I These two furnaces are Joined hv
/ Hanged and corrugated ianction-nise.s
T a corrugated cylindri, al combnSt;or
I chamber. making the great srea ~
+ fifty square feet, with a cOmhuStio,,
+ chamber nine feet from the face al ~.
T bridge wall to the tabe sheet. ana sir-
teen feet from the fire-door 10 the tnhe
: sheet The total heating sarfaee =
1850 feet. By this CONSTRUCTION Il,
I braces and stay bolts and crown bars
are done away with, the gases ba;nr
All consumed and ali the smoke pre-
vented. The sparks are not drawn
{ from the ilre-boN. and no spark-arreSt-
or Is required, the engine running
/ without smoke or sparks. The orig.
/ iaal Strong engine would even burn
+ culm, the refuse OF the pin mouth, and
i this engine viii use anthracite or bin
minous coal with goodsresults.
| The other radical departures in the
I build OF this locomotive are in the eyl.
I inders. valves anu valve gear, there lie.
/ ing no steam chests on top of the evil
/ inders. as in ordinary engines. There
are four valves interpo>ed in the PISS
sages pack of the cyliniers-one for
steam and one for exhaust at each end
every valve being gridiron plain slide.
( There are nine port, { inches longon
each valve, making 3Sl, inches, the
length OF port on each valve. This
( large valve area admits the steam al
very nearly boiler pressure on the pis-
ton, and the steam valve cuts it OF al
the will OF the engineer az any place
from four to twenty-five inches, the
exhaust valve holding on 10 the steam
until the last inch of the piston travels
when it opens wide, letting the steam
go freely with very little back pressure.
This popularity enables the engine, ct
high speed, to develop about double
the horsepower that an ordinary loco
motive, with equal-siZed cylinders, iex
"A inches, at an equal cutoff, would be
able TO do, an engine similar TO this
one having shown the enormous
strength OF i,sl0 horsepower, while
pulling a train OF twelve Pullman
coaches on the Northern Pacific road
at a speed exceeding sixty miles an
hour. The same engine has pulled
train of ten cars las miles in l4S min
utes' running time. This was done on
a five-foot-wheel six-coupled engine.
Returning to a description OF the
valve gear, the valves are operated
by single eccentric for each cylinder.
the eccentric being keyed fast to the
shaft or axle. This eccentric runs the
engine both ways, and imparts an in
dependent motion TO the steam and
exhaust valves, SO that the engineer
has perfect control over the point of
cutoff without altering the travel OF
the exhaust, and can after the COM
preston without changing the travel
of the steam. In this manner the en-
CINE makes the same card or gives the
same distribution OF steam as
nicely adjusted Corliss or Greene en-
CINE would do at given high-piston
speed. This enables her to do her
work with from 20 TO so per cent less
water. and consequently less steam.
Her large CRATE area enables her to
burn her coal SO as To give an eyap-
higher than ordinary locomotive
boilers doing the same work, so that
the c. mbined action OF boiler and
valve gear is to make very eco
nomical engine, and one that is capa-
Bile, it IS claimed, of taking an ex.
tremely heavy train of iron 10 TO 10
cars, and making 90 miles an hour
with ease.
III, t<,-,.,.,,;,., - go ,.haafe
swing truck, under her front end, like
an ordinary machine. Her drivers, q
inches in diameter, are midway be-
tween the front and rear ends OF the
boiler. Back of he drivers is & two
wheel pony-truck, 42-inch wheel,
which is equalized with the drivers
10 wheels under the engine.
The tender is carried on four-wheei
truck forward and a Siy-wheel truck
back, making 10 wheels in all under
the tender. The total weight is over
80 tons. The engineers cab is over
the hind driver, forward OF the double
lrC-5ox. He has very extended
view OF the track on both sides, and -
away from the dirt and dust
OF the tender, and his cab rides as
nicely and as cleanly as a parlor car.
The fireman has a cab on the back
end OF the tire-bOx entirely TO himself
They have communication by pas
sage over the top OF the fre-box be-
tween the two cabs, the engineer hay
ing call-bell with which 20 summon
the stoker if he wishes 20 speak with
with him. The locomotive wheel base
IS 2S feet, the wheel base OF engine and
tender, Is feet; total length over all, %
feet. The highest point OF the engln-
GERS cab is ~ feet, inches from the
ground. Her firemans cab, Which,
like the drivers, is very roomy, Is
built Of heavy iron plate. The engine
has no extended front arch or netting
or device for spark-arrester, IS they
are not required.
Her inventor i Mr.. George ;.
Strong, who was in the city yesterday
the touching up Of her ma
previous 10 breaking her INTO
complete and facile running order.
For few days she viii haul freigbts
between Providence and Stoningt0nr
and next week she viii be put on TO q
regular fast passenger train between
here and the Connec lieut. terminus OF
II. N VI rf17 II iszzess
railroad She left the Huxley works
in Boston at ; p. m. Wednesday ana
arrived here at $50 under charge Oh
Driver John Mckee OF the Hinkiey
WORKS and Fireman J. McGruyy.
Thursday she made the run Win
Pilot III. NJ. Butler and Designer strong
aboard 70 StOningtOu, and showed re-