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. Age vol. 83, no. 4, July 28, 1928 pp. 144-146, 2 figs; Ry. Mech. Engr., vol. 102, no. 9, Sept. 1928, pp. 491-492, 2 figs.)


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    Title :

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


    Additional title:

    Ry. Locomotive Eng


    Published in:

    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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