Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-28
A locomotives stcaming Capacity.

Scientific American: Within a month
past six locomotives, embodying some
striking features, have been placed on
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad, to run between New York and
Springfield and intermediate points.
These locomotives were built at the
Baldwin locomotive works, Philadel-
phia, from original designs. The great
size Of the boiler, the top of which is
ten feet nine inches high, or only three
below the top of the smoke stake, at
once attracts attention whenever the
engine is seen, and the corresponding
size and weight of all the working parts,
except the moderate-sized driving
wheels, are matters of comment among
all the engineers under whose notice
they have come.
The cylinders Of these engines have u
diameter of 20 inches by % inches
stroke, h steam ports being II by IS
inches. The driving wheels are 6St
inches diameter, and the engine truck
wheels and tender wheels 33 inches
diameter. The spread of the driving
wheels is 9 feet, l inch, and the total
wheel base of the engine % feet, Z
inches. The total wheel base of the en-
CINE and tender is AZ feet, 81 inches, and
the length of engine and tender over
tli L . w iOVb. - bllS II tclucI las
n capacity for 81 tons of anthracite coal
and 1920 gallons of water, aud is fitted
with a water scoop for taking up water
from a long tank laid between the rails
IA system which has not heretofore
been employed on this railroad, but for
which the company is now getting
ready by placing tanks in position at
the desired distances to facilitate long,
straight runs.
'The weight of the engine in work.
ing order is about 10000 pounds, the
weight on the driving wheels being
IS 900 pounds, and on the front truck
wheels $4,000 pounds. The weight of
the tender, with coal and water, is about
10000 pounds, making he total weight
of engine and tender, ready for service,
$4,000 pounds. The boilers are wagon
top in form, 60 inches diameter at the
smoke box end, and the f~ire-boxes are
ct feet long by 34s inches wide inside.
These engines are designed for an Or
binary working steam pressure of 100
pounds, which, we are informed, is OBJ
tanned and carried as readily as 140 or
145 pounds on the locomotives hereto
fore in use on the road.
The present superintendent of motive
power of the company, Mr.. j. Henry,
ir., vas formerly for many years in
cnarSe Oh Cnelf SHOPS at f1afJlOfu, Wnere
many locomotives of excellent design
and fine finish were turned out, which
have done and are doing good service
on the road. These new engines, how
ever, have been specially designed for
high speed for long distances, drawing
heavy trains, With which they have,
thus far, been shown to easily make
sixty miles IN hour on any compare
lively straight section of track. In
the matter of first cost these
engines seem marvelously cheap, their
approximate cost being stated at about
$4,000 each, the establishments at which
they were made now turning out COM
pleted locomotives at the rate of two a
day. The dimensions of the boiler and
fire-box, with the great amount of heat
ing surface provided, give them extra
ordinary steam making power, and it is
claimed that they are economical of
fuel. 1t is not unlikely, also, that, in
providing engines with such extra
steaming capacity, the company is an
ticipating the enforcement next winter
of regulations compelling the railroads
in that section to heat their cars by
steam, and discard entirely the car
stove.