Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 33
ight? A. The double-ended saddle-tank engine having six wTheelscoupled and a pony truck in the rear, as last mentioned, asused for light switching, etc.; or a double-ended engine withback tank borne on a four-wheel truck, and having six wheels 30 LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. coupled. A third class is a… … Fig. 15. Switching Engine, with Four-wheeled Tender. A. In order to utilize for tractive purposes every pound ofweight of the comparatively light machine. Q. Why are its fuel and water bornse by the switching-engineinstead of carried in a tender? A. To increase traction for a given amount of dead…
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