The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway 1847 1910
The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway 1847 1910
George Frederick Bird
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, and of coupled wheels 6-ft. 7j-in. ; wheel-base : bogie 6-ft. 3-in. , divided unequally; bogie pin to driving axle, centre to centre 9-ft. 9-in. ; coupled axles, centre to centre 9-ft. ; total wheel-base 22-ft. ; length of frame plates 28-ft. I-in. , with an overhang of 2-ft. 5-in and 3-ft. 8-in. At leading and trailing ends respectively. The boiler had a length of barrel of lo-ft. I-in. , its centre line being pitched 7-ft. 11 -in. Above the rail level, and was formed of two rings, that near...est the smokebox having an Fig. 96. outside diameter of 4-ft. 9R-in. , while the second ring, which lapped inside the first ring and the firebox covering, had an outside diameter of 4-ft. 8-in. The smokebox measured 2-ft. Lo^-in. Long outside and the firebox casing was 6-ft. 4-in. Long. Inside the boiler barrel were 238 tubes, each lo-ft. 4|-in. Long, with an outside diameter of i|-in. The heating surface was: firebox ii9"9 sq. Ft. , tubes 1, 129-9 sq. Ft. , total 1, 249-8 sq. Ft. , the grate area being 20-8 sq.
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