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Safety Valves—Gauges—Whistles—Taps—Hand Rail—Stud for Lamp, ... 5^7
Construction of the Engine —Cylinders—Valves—Link Motion, ... ... 57^
Piston—Piston Rod, Crosshead, and Motion Bars—Connecting and CouplingRods—Cranked Axle—Axles and Wheels—Outside Cranks, ... ... 596
Framing and Axle Boxes—Springs and Harness—Compensating Levers, ... 626Bogie Carriage—Buffers, Couplings, Rail Guards, Sand Boxes—Foot Plates andSteps—Splashers, ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ••• ••• 644
Feed Pumps and Feed-water Apparatus—Connection Pipe between Engine andTender—Auxiliary Feed Pump—Injector, ... ... ... ... ... 651
The American Locomotive :
Constructive Details of Boiler, Fire Box, Tubes, Smoke Box, Chimney , SteamPipe, Safety Valves, Gauges, Whistle, Bell, Sand Box, ... ... ... 663
Cylinder and Slide Valve—Valve Motion, ... ... ... ... ... ... 671
Piston—Piston Rod, Crosshead, and Motion Bars—Connecting and CouplingRods—Wheels and Axles and Crank Pins, ... ... ... ... ... 675
Framing and Axle Boxes—Bogie Frame—Cowcatcher—Cab—Springs, ... 679
Feed Pumps—Hose between Engine and Tender, ... ... ... ... ... 683
Construction of the British Tender—Brake Gear—Couplings with Engine—WaterTanks and Feed Pipes, ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 684
Construction of the American Tender, ... ... ... ... ... ... 688
Continuous Brakes :
Requirements of the Board of Trade—Varieties of Continuous Brake—Westing-house Automatic Brake—Vacuum Automatic Brake, ... ... ... ... 689
Brake Resistances, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 692
Compound Locomotive Engines. M. Malet’s System—Mr. Webb’s new Com-pound Locomotive, ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 693
Description of Special Locomotive Engines :
Four-wheel Coupled Bogie Passenger Engine for the Caledonian Railway, ... 698
Express Engine for Great Northern Railway, .700
Passenger Engine for London and North-Western Railway, ... ... ... 7°3
Four-coupled Bogie Passenger Tank Engine on North British Railway, ... 705
Passenger Engines for Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland , ... 710
Goods Engine for Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland , ... ... 712
Goods Engine on Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, . 715
Furness Railway Tank Engine, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7*7
Narrow-gauge Engines for Steep Inclines—Festiniog Railway—Righi Railwayin Switzerland —Vesuvius Railway—Railroad in Canada , ... ... ... 7 20
Engines for Narrow-gauge Mineral Lines having Steep Gradients—Small Enginescoupled together—Details of small Tank Engines, ... ... ... ... 721
Express Engine for the Pennsylvania Railroad, .727
Haulage Power of Locomotives, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 2 7
Specification for Locomotive Engine and Tender for London, Chatham,and Dover Railway:
Leading Dimensions—Quality of Materials—Boiler—Fire Box—Workmanship—Tubes—Smoke Box—Chimney —Safety Valves, &c., ... ... ... ... 7 2 &
Frames—Buffers and Draw Gear—Cylinders—Pistons—Piston Rod and Cross-head—Connecting and Coupling Rods—Valve Motion, . 733
Bogie—Springs and Connections—Axles and Axle Boxes—Wheels—Tyres—Caband Splashers—Brake—Injectors—Boiler Mountings—Bolts and Nuts , ... 737