The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-04

The following table gives some COM
parative figures concerning the Baldwin
deca1od and mikado-
Decapod 1ukado
Total weight ..--..-.---. 266.7l0 $50 GOO
Welgnt on drivers ---.-.- $4,000 200 eco
w ght Oh front truck. IS COO IS COO
Weight Oh tralers -.----- .-.--- $4,000
Diameter of drivers -.-..- 8 in- s. in.
Healing surface ...-..-. 1880 fl. 1856 It.
Crate area .----. ----.. So ) IT. IS ii.
I- must he remembered that there
are two makes of santa Fe decapods.
One is The Baldwin make. which is
represented by No $40. which was in
Epectad by many people at the Topeka
shops This make IS The one taken for
purposes Of comparison in the above
table and Is actually the heaviest To-
connective on earth. The other make
Of cecanod is the Schenectady. which is
Baldwin The new Aikados are really
heavier than the Schenectady decap0ds
The Schenectady engines weigh 15g $40
pounds against the $50 600 Of the
mizados- The Schenectady decap5d IS
no csc
The mikado locomotives take their
name. as VIII b. Inferred from the
emperor of Japan. who some years ago
rad types of engine similar 90 this
built for use in his country by thu
japan Railway company The follow
Ing description of the mikada type viii
BE- 0f interest to railway mem
To All trtenrs and purposes ft is
consolidation locomotive with the addi-
ton e rear truck. % construction
NH-en admits OF q larger boiler with
ample CRATE area and depth of furnace
without the necessity of unduIy raising
the center gravity. Tire total weight
Of the locomotive is $50. 600 pounds 200 p
900 pounds being carried on the driving
wheels. $4,000 on the FRONT truck and
$4,000 on the trailing wheels this dis
trtnution cf weight being such as to
give an average OF $4,000 pounds per
4ri+i1s axle Lhe locomotive is of thu
Fauclaiu f0ur-cylinder type. the high
pressure cylinders being is inches in
diameter and the low pressure 80
inches, with a stroke of % inches The
1oller IS designed TO opera t. at q work
lrcn. and the driving wheels have an
outside dla meter Of IT inches from
nnlcH details ir VIII be seen that the
lacoifloElFe possesses a total hauling
capacity OF 1000 tons on level track.
ana II iS one Of the most powerful en-
Eiues built AT the Baldwin works nm tn
the present time
A Rushton patent radiaI swing truck
is placed at the rear under the over
hanging 1re1GX giving The --a.9z==-.-..
IleNloihly to the wheel base without III
terIaring VITA the depth Of the frs hoy
a traction Increasing device Datlnta7 ~
John Player is supplied for throwing Z
portion OF the weight from the truck
tracliFe power is required 4 back pres
sure brake connected with the cvIfnee-
allows for the control Of the locomotive
down long grades without the ~or-f-1r-
Gus a31ilcation Of the air brake The
eao ana running boards ara Of shee'
Steel and a foot plate Is secured . r -1-e
top or the oN-pressure cylinder ta in.
crease the convenience OF reaching ths
pilot from the running board. 4 =lTrr'1s
rnentary hand rail being placed on TIL.
smoke arch The main air drums arr
secured beneath the boiler for7var5 d
the nrehoN. and the whistle is laid fla
on fou OF the boiler In order TO com.
within the ton clearance The ssnr
dome is placed next the smoke stacI
ana the driving wheels are all Hanged
Balanced piston valves are utilized fo
COY ernlng the steam supply to the CYL
in7e7s- and the boiler is OF the e--tsrfat
7n-t0p type with sheets 3 and ISL
n thick The crown sheet is secure.
o9 ra-ial staying. Coal is the fuel q
Pc burned aud the boiler is fitted wiz
Woe nrebox--s inches vide and les
lneaes lonz-s0 inches deep in front am
- inches deep at the hack The ma