Locomotive of "Schmidt" two-pressure type built at Angus Works of Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; engine "No. 8000," is intended for freight and passenger traffic on Rockies, and is far largest of its type in existence; driving wheels are 63 in. in diam. and there are two outside 24 by 30-in. cylinders taking steam at 250 lb. and one 15 1/2 by 28-in. cylinder inside for steam at 850 lb. per sq. in. (See also Engineer vol. 151, no. 3932, May 22, 1931 p. 580, 1 fig; Engineering, vol. 131, no. 3413, June 12, 1931, p. 780, 1 fig.; Ry. Jl., vol. 37, no. 7, July 1931, p. 14, 1 fig.)
Canadian Pacific railway multi-pressure locomotive
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; 90 , n 19
1931
2 pages
1 Fig.
Article (Journal)
English
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