Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 29
otive shouldbe blocked over the boxes, in order to keep the engine in a nor-mal position. There will be a slight error due to the water inthe boiler adjusting itself to the new angle, but this will be on i8 LOCOAfOTIVE OPERATION. the safe side. As the wheels on the elevated side will rest onthe… … e P = 141000 \ P = 95500 In order to make the process and calculations perfectlyclear,an actual case will be worked out. The wei^q-ht of the engine was first found to be 141,000pounds. The track scale was then treated as just explained, andthe engine run upon it. Fig. 6 shows the measurements and…
Locomotives
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