| Show LATKST JX KSGJNKS I NOVEL LOCOMOTIVE FOR AN BA9TBRN ItAILVVAY I nheealkM cur l < n wl Illrrctly lPoet I I Iho IHiltrr Tn H tel lir Its lIst Isl foe Inlhm 1serse Inahl I I Aeslc IIK8IUENT W S 1k 1I Webb of the 8U It 11 Uwren sad f Adirondack mil way has recently had oonstniottxl a ly somewhat nnKl 11 e I locomltrl lo III used on Ids line for lapecll n n put I 0 posse The rout bage some vw beef grades and while the engine U designed de-signed to carry an inspection petty > over the boiler It also has aii 1olent power to haul Irealdenl Webb pn pound unto car which weighs 10000 l ever the heaviest grade on the line The inapwilimroom of this rather trlklnglooklng affair is I merely n continuation con-tinuation of the cab lo the smoke slosh It Ie I nicely finished In mho any ear eled and furnlihed with eal for six The general features of the Inspection locomotive are about the same as employed In the building of ai similar I engine called the Hudson for Inspection purposes on the New York tentral and Hudson titter road In rervlce that machine proved In every way satisfactory The locomotive Is I of the eightwheel type with a wagontop boiler the out side diameter of lho first ring of whieii Is I forttwo inches The boiler and engine owing to their llghtim are somewhat similar In nppeuranco to the denlgns of elght w heel engine about twenty > ears ago unit yet the engine Ii I modern In overy respect Tho cjlln here arc 11x12 Inches the driving wheel sixtytwo InchcN In dlamiler and tea boiler pressure IM pounds The valves are nl the American balance typo with the lAlrst Improvements The engine en-gine Ii equipped with automatic air = = = i > I otseese IItfmJ B iZ t L Jssffi jrassigs Ka n Vjh f iV l CTiiJ < u 5 rf rTV i t S j i iM cag S i iS INSPECTION LOCOMOTIVK brakes for drivers tend r nnd train It also has tho engine truck brake and air I signal The boiler Ii I lagged with magnesia mag-nesia sectional covering Two round rasa lights have been furnished and tho cnndfeeding apparatus tho coupler Ii I carried on tho pilot and roar of tho tender Tho water brake Ii I applied ap-plied to tho cylinders and the consolidated consoli-dated steam car heating apparatus and Iho speed recorder nro also iiivd The tender frame Is I of CHxl1 Inch angle Iron and built according to tho standard stand-ard ai ors also tho tender trucks which are center bearing with channel Irons and diamond frames Tho engine truck has a rigid center and four wheels Mora engine of thin tpo would doubtless bo built to lisa In inspecting Inspect-ing railroads were It not for the fact that they cannot bo used with comfort at all seasons of the year In summer especially this boat from thin boiler over which the Inspection cab Is I constructed con-structed Is uncomfortable and then tho clement of danger Is greater than when nicely fixed In thin rear end of a prlvnto car This manner of Inspection Inspec-tion Is I far preferable l to tho active rail read official but with thin dlrcctori who onco or twlco n year Inspect their property the case Ii different The ordlllnr railroad director regards a modern locolllotlvo teamed III real to make II duh down the track at I iiujriniiD gait with very great respect and for private reasons picfcrt to doha do-ha Inspecting from n well slocked car rather than sitting over n bailer which may blow up |
