LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.

715

S /4 tons, and carry 6 tons. The probable average load is from3 to 4 tons.

These engines have run an average distance of 44,232 miles ineach interval between general repair. The cost for repairs, exclusiveof shop expenses and tools, has been o-gd. per mile.

GOODS ENGINE—BOMBAY , BARODA, & CENTRAL INDIA RAILWAY.

This engine has been specially designed for the working of heavytraffic in India , where the gauge, 5 feet 6 inches, has given great

Fig. 543-—Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Goods Engine.

Fire box. b, Fire door. c, Body of boiler. d, Smoke box. e, Chimney . f, Steam ehest, g, Man-hole door. H, Injector. 1 , Cylinder. ic, Steam ehest. l, Leading wheel. m, Driving wheel.n, Trailing wheel. o, Frame. p, Weigh shaft. Q, Line of valve spindle. r, Reversing leverS, Cab. t, Blast pipe. u, Spark trap.

facility for the construction of a powerful engine on a reasonablelength of wheel base. It will be found that several appliances existfor suiting this engine to the requirements of a colonial railway, andin this respect it differs from ordinary goods engines in this country.The frames consist of a pair of longitudinal plates, 1 yi inch thick,placed inside the wheels, connected at various intervals by the bufferbeam, the cylinders, the motion plate, a strong cross bracket infront of the fire box, a similar one behind it, and by strong platesand angle irons at the foot-plate end. The train is drawn by a pininserted through these plates, and, as the boiler has no positiveattachment to the frames behind the smoke-box tube plate, it is freefrom all strain arising from the haulage of the train.