English: Identifier: railwaymechanica91newy

Title: Railway mechanical engineer Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: sq. ft. 1.341 sq. ft. Equivalent heating surface* 5.081 sq. ft. 7.446 sq. ft. Grate area 66.7 sq. ft. 88 sq. ft. Tender Tank Water bottom Water bottom Wheels, diameter 33 in. 33 in. _ Journals, diameter and length 6 in. by 11 in. 6 in. by 11 in. Water capacity 9.000 gal. 9.O0O gal. Coal capacity 12 tons 12 tons • Equivalent heating surface = total evaporative heating surface +1.5 times the superheating surface. t Include? combustion chamber and arch tube heating surface. GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF INDIVIDUALDAILY FUEL RECORDS* BY HIRAM J. SLIFER The cost of fuel is one of the largest of the individual itemsthat go to make up the total expense of railway operation.This fuel is used by 99,070 locomotive enginemen. dividedinto classes as follows: Engineers and motormen, yard 12.797 Engineers and motormen, road—freight 24.226 Engineers and motormen, road—passenger 12.075 Firemen and helpers, yard 13.013 Firemen and helpers, road—freight 25.210 Firemen and helpers, road—passenger 11,749

Text Appearing After Image: Southern Railway 2-10-2 Type Freight Locomotive face* 62.0 Volume both cylinders 18.6 cu. ft. Equivalent heating surface* -i- vol. cylinders 273,8 Grate area — vol. cylinders 3.6 Cylinders Kind Simple Diameter and stroke 27 in. by 28 in. Vahes Kind Piston Diameter 14 in. Wheels Driving, diameter over tires 69 in. Driving, thickness of tires S/i in. Driving journals, main, diameter end length 11; V. by Driving journals, front, diameter and length Driving journals, others, diameter and length 10 in. bv 12 in. Engine truck wheels, diameter 33 in. 49.822.8 cu. ft 3>6.53.9 28 .Simplein. by 32 PislonU in. 57 in.3/, in. in. 12 in. by 22 in. U in. by 20 in. 11 in. by 1233 in. in. These men were employed on 64,950 locomotives (301 elec-tric, 8,688 switching), and hauled o2,3jI4,466 passengers and277,232,653 tons of freight one mile in the fiscal vear endingJune 30, 1915. The magnitude of the question of interesting the employesin the importance of reducing the pounds of coal used maybe co

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