Identifier: cassiersmagaz401911newy (find matches)
Title: Cassier's magazine
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Engineering
Publisher: New York Cassier Magazine Co.
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N RAILWAY. MR. V. L. RAVEN at gravitation sidings; but the newengines are intended for road traffic,mainly in connection with the heavycolliery business of the North East-ern Railway. There are three cylin-ders, all using high-pressure steam,and the cranks are 120 degrees apart,to provide for equable turning mo-ment. Piston valves, operated byordinary link motion, are fitted. Thecab is roomy and comfortable, andthe regulator handle and steam brakevalve are so arranged as to be easilymanipulated bv the driver when he is engaged watching for hand sig-nals from guards or shunters. During the first weeks of this yearthe London & North Western andLondon, Brighton & South CoastRailways placed in service engineshaving this wheel arrangement, butthe Great Central locomotives of thistype are still under consideration.All three designs are intended forpassenger traffic, and in some re-spects they are developments of4-4-2 tank engine designs already inuse, though with important modifica-
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FIG. 17. A BRIGHTON ENGINE IN SERVICE RIGIITON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY n6 CASSIERS MAGAZINE 1 W - • iflT a i« • <L_1 ji • 1:1 ; V- w j! MODERN EXAMPLE OF ENGINE EMPLOYED IN IRELAND (5-FOOT 3-INCH GAUGE).BEYER, PEACOCK & CO., LTD. tions. The first of the Brightonengines is illustrated in Fig. 17. Thenew engine is intended for workingthe very heavy trains which some ofthe time-table duties entail, and inthis respect should overcome the diffi-culties which occasionally occur whenthe 4-4-2 express tanks are over-loaded, as sometimes happens, not-withstanding their splendid work withtrains up to 300 tons, or a little over.The design includes the provision ofa Schmidt superheater, thus accord-ing with the tendency of Brightonlocomotive practice, and the steampressure is only 160 pounds persquare inch. In the case of the L. & N. W. R.design, Mr. Bowen Cooke has notfitted the first engine with a super-heater, but others of the series are to be equipped with the Schmidt ap-

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