Description of 25 switching locomotives to handle 85-car trains in transfer service; 10 burn oil and 15 are fired with soft coal; cylinders 25 in. by 28 in.; total engine and tender weight of coal locomotives is 393,300 lb. and for oil burning 380,000 lb.; total engine and tender wheelbase 53 ft. 4 in.; driving wheels 51 in.; steam pressure 198 lb.; rated tractive force 57,750 lb.


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    Title :

    Eight-wheel switchers for the Missouri pacific


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 87 , n 20


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    6 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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