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.
Eight-wheel switchers for the Missouri pacific
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; 87 , n 20
1929
3 pages
6 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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