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 610
here wanted and have lesschance to stick in the pipe in case it gets frozen. (See Fig.3940 Q. Is increase in weight per wheel attended by increased%vear of tires and rails? A, No; on the contrary, TRACTION. 595 0. Why? A. Perhaps because a heavy engine does not respond soquickly as a light one to… … Fig. 394. Sand-box Work.1. Base. 2. Top. 3. I,id. 4. Body. 5. Valve. 6. I^ever. 7. Valve Connecting-rod. 8. Pipe-flange. Q. What are the tensile drazv-bar stresses of an enginecoupling onto its train? A. From 65,000 to 142,000 pounds. Q. What are the buffing stresses? A. Thirty loaded cars moving…
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