Text Appearing Before Image: The illustrations and description are taken from The Rail-way Age. Four-Cylinder^BalancedjCompound Locomotives. 99 Text Appearing After Image: This engine is a four-cylinder compound Atlantic passen-ger class 442 C 146, built by Mr. De Glehn for the Great West-ern Ry. of England. It has been illustrated widely in the tech-nical papers and is interesting particularly from the fact that ow-ing to the excellent results obtained in France from these en-gines a prominent English railroad is willing and anxious to trya similar engine in direct comparison with their own build. Theprincipal dimensions are as follows: Cylinders, 13^ in. and221-16x25 3-16 in.; Drivers, 80^ in.; Total wheel base of en-gine, 27 ft. 1 of in.; Weight on drivers, 34^ tons; Total weightin working order, 65 tons; Heating surface, firebox, 167 sq. ft.;Heating surface, tubes, 2,158 sq. ft.; Total heating surface,2325 sq. ft.; Boiler tubes, 126 of the Serve pattern; Boilertubes, internal diameter, 2 9-16. You will notice all the European characteristics such assand box, wheel covers, plate frames and Walschaert valve gear.The outside journal boxes on the engine
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