Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 494
ness and comfort for passengers,owing to absence of smoke and cinders—a point appre-ciated by the traveling public, and tending to increasetraffic. (12) Possibility of utilizing more of the heat. Boilerflues must be large enough to avoid becoming chokedup with cinders. In coal-burning locomotives,… … OIL-BURNING LOCOMOTIVES. HOW CONSTRUCTED, FIRED, AND OPERATED. In Fig. 223b is shown a coal-burner converted into anoil-burner. The positions of the various parts of theoil-burning fittings are indicated. The cost of convertinga coal-burning locomotive into an oil-burner averagesfrom $500 to $700,…
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