Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1910 — Growth of English Engines. [ARTICLE]

Growth of English Engines.

Although British locomotives, limited as they are by the narrower clearances of tunnels, bridges, etc., have never reached the size of locomo-’ tives in America, there has been a steady growth in dimensions, and some of the latest engines are extremely powerful. Thus ten of the Atlantic type, built for the East Coast Scottish express use, have a total heating surface of 5,466 square feet, and a grate area of 27 square feet. The barrel of the boiler is 6 feet 6 inches in diameter, and 15 feet 10% inches in length. The tank has a capacity of 4,125 gallons of water, and five tons of coal. The total weight of the engine alone is nearly 90 tons.—Scientific American.