The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-30

eral foreign require steel poher
Plates throughout ana brass mountlngs.
These boilers are ali tested win not
wafer pressure OF 20 pounds per square
men. and are designed FOR 10 pounc5
pressure in service. The gauge OF engine
IS ls24 metres, or feet incnes as we
erpress t. our STANDARD American
gauge being feet - inches The
high-pressure cylinder is j. inches Ola
meter oy % inches stroke. and the low
pres sure cylinder % inches diameter by
% inches stroke.
Total weight Of the engine in working
order. G. 600 pounds: total weight Of ten
der. with fuel and water, S2SiS pounds.
Eight OF these engines are designed TO
burn wood. and nine OF them are for
coal
The cab is Of steel plates with wooden
roof and lined inside TO protect the en-
CINE driver from extreme cold. In the
cab. and most conveniently arranged, is
A screw reverse gear operated by
hand wheel This Is accomplished IN
American engines by a reverse lever.
There are two whistles instead OF one.
ore Of them is very shrill and is for sig
Mailing the conductor; the other IS coarse
and is used for crossings, stations ana
danger signalling
GAs-LIGHTING SYSTEM
The driving wheels. crosshef IS steam
chests and dome rings arc Of cast steel
The engines are equipped With a COM
plete system Of gas-lighung or inc
Pintsch systematic same as IS used in
our modern sleeping cars Two head
lamps on the front bumper. one on front
OF the boiler al base Of stack two on
rear OF tank. and one large one In root
O, the cab making II perfectly con-
% frttrf Ia fpf
fitting under the eve OF the eneineman
A wrought-lron CRATE Of their design is
another special feature. \ number or
fittings are OF foreign manufacture
such as the injectors. steam bell. steam
heat. gauges. etc. ana the piping Is all
carefully protected by a Jacket or cover
ing OF non-conducting material
The brass work is all highly polished
OF special pattern and mixture
The running plates. cab deck ana
bumper sheets are all OF checkered steel
Tha snrlngs are OF special design. The
eccentric blocks are cast together; the
front equalizer goes through the cylin-
der saddles: the cylinder cocks are ope-
rated by rods running through the hand
rails. the bell ia cast steel Oatowski
patenO ani is located on the top OF the
cabs and operated by steam. The checks
each have two-inch brass BAN TOT
valve on cups are specially designed
drop forginrs, and the brake combine
ton American and Westinghouse eng
iish pattern). The pilot is iron through
CIT, made detachable SO that snow
pillow can be put on during the winter
when pilot II r'moved. The snow pow
Is OF sheet steel curved and bent TO
~ ed the snow with al l'ttle resistance
as possible. The slide valves are OF the
American baiarcei natfern. Rods all ]
section and 81 o II steel.
UNIQUE TENDERS.
The tenders are entirely Of steel with
frames Of steel plates and four wheels,
ana the tank Is OF ]. 32i gallons capacitv.
These engines are used IN either freight
or passenger service, running from % 70
y miles per hour
Net the least 81 this undertaking Is
THAT OF shipping the engines Each en-
zine has % be carefully finished. then
taken apart. numherine each part as II
come. and the whole boxed Boxes are
then hsndea with hoop iron and marked
according 10 weight. cubic contents etc.
Ths engines were built under the IN
specfion OF Mr. Axel Won Weissenherg
the conservative Of the Finland State
psuwevs
The locomotive Works have SHARED no
pains 20 make these ENGINES IN every
way saHefactorv and. th's Accommodated.
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