January 1900
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Railway and Locomotive Engineering
I have Reformatted/restructured the text from sentences to a more bullet list, also used same Builder's Photo from my collection instead of source pic, in addtion I added a second image
Schenectady Ten-Wheeler for Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad.
Copy of Schenectady Builder's Photo of Golden Circle No. 52 - The ''Vista Grande''
The handsome ten-wheel engine here shown has some notable features, being built for a railroad of 3-foot gage, and possessing power equal to what standard gage ten-wheelers were a very few years ago.
F. & C. C. Helper Engine No. 52 Standing Near the Morning Shadow of Cramer's Train-Order Board.
- The engine weighs 82,200 pounds in working order, of which 66,500 pounds are on the drivers.
- The rigid wheel-base is 9 feet 9 inches, the total being 18 feet 2 inches.
- The engine has tractive power of about 21,000 pounds.
- The cylinders are 16x20 inches,
- horizontal thickness of piston, 4⅞ inches,
- diameter of piston rod, 2¾ inches.
- Cast-iron packing is used.
- The ports are 14 inches long, steam port being 1¼ inches wide, inside port 2½ inches wide.
- The valves are Richardson balanced, with 5 inches travel, ¾ inch outside lap and set with 1-16 inch lead in full gear.
- The driving wheels have cast-iron centers, and are 42 inches diameter outside of tires.
- The driving boxes are made of steel cast iron.
- The main driving axle journals are 7x8 inches,
- main crank-pin journals, 5x5 inches,
- side-rod crank-pin, 3½ x 3¼inches.
- The boiler, as will be noticed, is of the extended wagon-top type, 52 inches diameter and carrying 180 pounds of steam.
- The firebox is 84 3-16 inches long, 24⅛ inches wide, 47 inches deep in front and 45 inches at the back.
- The crown is supported by radial staybolts, 1 inch diameter, made of special iron.
- There are 171 2-inch tubes, 11 feet 8 inches long.
- The total heating surface is 1,130.06 square feet, of which 92.97 square feet are in the firebox.
- The grate has 14.1 square feet of area.
Among the equipment specified are:
- United States metallic packing for the glands,
- basic steel for the boiler,
- Westinghouse-American combined brakes on drivers and tenders,
- 9½-inch air pump,
- two Coales safety valves,
- Pyle National electric headlight,
- Safety Car Heating & Lighting Company's steam-heat equipment, including Mason reducing valve.