Class "9" 2-10-0 heavy freight locomotives, slightly modified to accommodate new boiler arrangement; in Franco-Crosti system normal chimney on front smokebox is closed, and gases pass through bank of tubes in secondary drum, before being ejected from final chimney; secondary drum preheats feedwater; heat is also extracted from exhaust steam. (see also Engineering v 179 n 4664 June 17 1955 p 766-8; Engineer v 199 n 5186 June 17 1955 p 841-3)


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    Title :

    British railways locomotives with Franco-Crosti boilers


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 103 , n 2


    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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