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Identifier: americanengineer67newy (find matches)
Title: American engineer and railroad journal
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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FRONT VIEW VALVE MOTION ENGLISH EXPRESS LOCOMO-TIVE. made of larger diameter in the wheel seats than they were be-tween the hubs. There is much to commend this practice,but from the engraving of the valve-gear and the specifica-tions it will be .seen tliat if this method of construction isadopted it then becomes necessary to make the eccentrics intwo parts, which means greater first cost and some difficultyin maintenance. Does the advantage of the enlarged axles pay for this ? The reverse levers are not shown in our engravings. Mr.Adamss engine has screw reversing-gear, which permits thevalves to be adjusted to any point of cut-off, and lessens thelabor of reversing. Mr. Buchanans engine has the ordinaryreversing lever, hut with the balanced valves tlie labor of re-versing is much diminished, and by providing a long sectorwith as many notches as practicable it supplies every require-
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  • bookid:americanengineer67newy
  • bookyear:1893
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Railroad_engineering
  • booksubject:Engineering
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Railroad_cars
  • bookpublisher:New_York___M_N__Forney
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:287
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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