A POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVE.
" Engineering" has a description of the mo3t powerful locomotive in the world. It has a total weight of 232,0001 b, or about 103 tons. The total wheelbase of the engine ib 20ft Sin, of which 15ft 9in is the driving wheelbase. The total wheelbase of engine and tender is 55ft 2Jin, and the total length over engine and tender 65ft 7gin. The centre of the boiler is 9ft Bin above the rails. The height of the funnel above the rails is loft sin. This engine was built at the Brooks Locomotive Works, in America, and will run on the Cairo division of the Illinois Central Railroad between Carbondale and Fulton. The steam pressure is 2101 b per square inch, and is generated by 3500 square feet of heating surface, of which 3237 square feet are in the tube 3 and 262 square feet in the fire box. This latter is 132 in long, 42in wide and 90in deep in front and 81 Jin ot the back. The steam is used in two cylinders, each 23in in diameter by 30in Btroke. The tender has a capacity of 7000 gallons of water and 12 tons of coal.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8762, 28 February 1900, Page 4
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198A POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8762, 28 February 1900, Page 4
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