Description of 4-8-2 type locomotive with double truck tenders and boosters; cylinders 19-in. by 24-in.; driving wheels 3 ft. 9 in. diam.; total wheelbase 30 ft. 9 in.; 180 lb. per sq. in. working pressure; tractive force at 85 per cent boiler pressure is 29,458 lb.; total weight of engines in working order 73.8 tons.


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    Title :

    New locomotives for Nigerian railway


    Additional title:

    Modern Transport


    Published in:

    Modern Transport ; 22 , n 549


    Publication date :

    1929


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Locomotives for the Nigerian railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1920


    New 4-8-2 locomotives, Nigerian railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


    New 4-8-2 locomotives, Nigerian Railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


    Twenty new 2-8-2 locomotives for Nigerian railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1948