Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07
EVOLUTION Of
THE LOCOMOTIVE
syr,psi, q instructive Paper Ne
Gently Read ID New York
NEW WIDE FIRE BOX lirN'
,..,,,A,, Engine. Boil' During p'''
Year nave uscn Constructed 70
Burn pl'anInou' e0'l'

49,. n which marked attention
. pap S .'os read At the recent meet
Na' p', ,no Nav York Railroad club by
ing :, Wv Mechanical Engineer r. d
Aasis'uu. $500 $500 locomotive COM
Cole Of the American ''Vs ,,'' con., ric.
many on "Recent Locomotive NV"'' y,
Nh and performance" MI Cole saw
wv CIV ~, ,,s,orv Of the locomotive
thal III '"e ", VA, a. no development
there are peTlons ~ 10 MN nan
which stand out in holder rene We"
,.As.. rho nresent perlod he character
V"N' ,,".,.,,o,shed by the general In.
ICES as disllhg''''n'1 ~ -, ~ ,or burn.
production OF the WHY ''"S ~, ,I....,,, IN
inc bItuminous coal iluea OF lalBep ~
~ ~, ,ao,,b improvements IN piston
creassu ''"s - 1a,o,lon into gem
valves, ana 'nen ''"V1's'', ..,... IN the
oral use, and the recent proBrV'e :"
use NJ tandem compound cycllnaeib' :"
s ,.,...or ,hat followed Mr. Nau-
the ulsouSs'Vn ''''' 'Y $1,000 Mia that
claim, Of the BALDWIN NV'Ns' - 800,
long nues were by no means VI ,V',"'
M IA oiso aald Il should not be IN
o"''' '', ,..s ,',s,on valves are neces-
iegred 'ha' p'''Vp NJ ,,.am sluee %
slty for high pressure s'ean y, s,ted
per cent Of engines pun, a, ',, sIr' then
with slide valves MI, 's ,u."a an me
held that the emphasis .,a p,a0e campound
80
locomotive seemed unwaIlals '',,n a. Loco NJ
really the Oldest type 81 col, ,l'''l"r hed
motive and the smallest pu"l I'a,lo,lar
been built. Mr- Cole lnaue /" ~ MA said
point about the VIDE hre poN n Sn,iv On
that IN the past Twelve nlO, h,,l,, ar ar the
por cent OF the ehBnlee ~ ~ ,,ds arn
Schenectady shops were Vl .iss M NJ ooel
box type for burning p'luni'rpas ~
and reports as 70 tne pe'lv O,,n9a "io,v
these engines were mosl s .u'.n. ~ shia
There are distinctive aus W., a,,d nnera
design from a consliu s'.' a., a"I ,nc,eas.
tive standpoint apart ll1',l Wv Jay , ono
ed crate area oDlallaps ~, ~ ne
thing Mr.. Cole neiu lnus wy. .i,'a a"v ,h -
stay bolt would Dc plolQnksu .'' ~ x -
avoidance Of the abrupt cnah a ,,aad ~ Sro
curves forming lhe oVter a',u 'u ,,,,S,h ~
box walls and by me lncreaseu Will w. ~, w
water spaces, permitting lo,issl $500 ~
TO be used; and then this ueSbn pv'
mits more rational style o. p , s"1 \,
whore the flfe boxes Weie nlni s.,,,,,n n
width to the spaces petWeeh 'no u'''"s
wneels tires A..
In fact the steaming quali,les VI .ns
wide fire box type OF poiler nav ut w,
50 Increased that Wlthout nisleaa'ns
their weight more than . rev , slVusn ~.
pounds, Il ls now possible 70 pu'lu en y,
gines which can be relled upon " sts '.,p
freely under the most exaetlns conuli
lions. Then there IS a saving N coa.
consumption due 10 Increased sln.e
area III pr0portionlng me SIZE Oh s,n ,'
required, II the tube heating Is ussu W
which 70 compute Y VIII pe iound ',la'
for bltuminDus coal gpoh results are po,
talned by providing one sQuare 10y "
crate area Tor w 70 " square ieoe VI
tube heating surface, 49, :, 49,,
The essaylst sag lnat y was
difficult 70 deiine arpitlMly ine n'sn.
of the boiler center apove tne ialis, Nv
II Is largely q question OF curvature ana
condition OF track. bul for cohsol'da-
ton engine win bS.inch driving wheels
and ls-incl boiler sleet ihenes Wouiu
be about me proper nlght, Mr pole
spoke IN high terms OF iast PASSENGER
engines building Tor ne New YORK zen en-,
trail. These engines, ne SAID nave tne
largest amount OF healng suslace III
me world, as SO iar as Is Known repre-
Sent lile least amount OF welsht her
square 1907 OF heallng surface, these
engines nave cylinders zlxso lhehe ~
win lnsldc ADMISSION piston waves "
men drivers weight i!yVuO POUNDS,
with 10000 on drivers, OO square leet