Locomotives have 100 sq. ft. of grate, four-wheel trailer trucks and 60 per cent maximum cut-off; tractive force with booster 81,400 lb.; designed to handle fast freight or to enter passenger service if needed; boiler equipment; machinery; two Nicholson thermic siphons; design of spring saddles on driving boxes. (see also Ry. Mech. Engr., vol. 102, no. 9, Sept. 1928, pp. 491-492, 2 figs.; and Ry. and Locomotive Eng., vol. 41, no. 6, June 1928, pp. 151-153, 2 figs)


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    Title :

    Boston and Maine acquires twenty 2-8-4 type locomotives


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 83 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




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