Schenectady Locomotive Works Advertisement

GENERAL SPECIFICATION

BOILER of the best workmanship and material, capable of carrying with safety a working pressure of 150 lbs. per square inch, and of sufficient capacity to supply steam economically. All horizontal seams treble-riveted with welt strip inside. A double-riveted seam uniting waist with fire-box. All plates planed at edges and caulked with round-pointed tool.

Waist, Dome and outside of Fire-box of steel.

FIRE-BOX of best quality of fire-box steel. Crown-sheet three-eighths, tube-sheet one-half, side and back sheets five-Sixteenths thick. All sheets thoroughly annealed after Hanging.

Stay-bolts seven-eighths inch diameter, screwed and riveted to sheets, and placed not over four and one-half inches from center to center.

Crown-sheet supported by crown-bars made of two pieces of wrought iron, placed not over four and one-half inches apart, reaching across crown and resting on edge of side-sheets.

Crown-bars riveted to crown-sheets with seven-eighths inch rivets, placed not over four and one-half inches from center to center, each bar having two or four stay-braces to top of boiler or dome ; or the crown supported by radial stay-bolts one inch in diameter, screwed through the crown and outer shell and riveted over.

TUBES of best quality charcoal iron; set with copper ferrules at both ends.

Cleaning-holes at corners of fire-box, and blow-off cock on side or back.

GRATES suitable for fuel.

SMOKE-STACK of approved design.

FRAMES of best hammered iron, main frame in one section, with braces welded in. Forward section, when used, securely bolted and keyed to main frame. Pedestals protected from wear by cast iron shoes and wedges, and locked together at bottom by bolt through thimble.

CYLINDERS of close-grained hard charcoal iron. Cast with half saddle attached, the right and left cylinders from the same pattern and interchangeable. Fitted together in a substantial manner,  and securely bolted and keyed to frame. Valve-face and steam-chest seat raised above face of cylinder to allow for wear. Cylinders oiled from valves placed in cab, with pipe under boiler  lagging to steam-chest.

THROTTLE. Balanced valve placed in dome, with wrought iron dry-pipe and cast iron' steam-pipe connecting to cylinders.

PISTONS made with removable follower, and fitted with brass rings babbited and springs, or  with approved steam packing.

Piston-rods of hammered iron or steel.

VALVE MOTION. Approved shifting-link motion, graduated to cut off equally at all points of the stroke. Links, sliding-blocks, plates, lifting-links, pins and eccentric-rod jaws of the best hammered iron, thoroughly case-hardened

GUIDES of hammered iron, case-hardened.

CROSSHEADS of cast steel, with brass gibs. Style, for four-bar guide on 8 and IO wheel engines, and for Laird guide on Switching, Mogul and Consolidation engines.

DRIVING-WHEEL centers cast of the best charcoal iron, with solid hubs and spokes and hollow rims.

TIRE of best quality American steel.

AXLES of hammered iron, driving-boxes of cast iron, with heavy brass bearings and large oil cellars.

SPRINGS of the best cast steel, tempered in oil; secured to a system of equalizing beams to insure the engine riding in the best possible manner.

RODS. Connecting and parallel rods of the best hammered iron, each forged solid, fitted with all necessary straps, keys, bolts and brasses.

CRANK-PINS of steel or hammered iron.

WATER SUPPLY. Two injectors of approved make, with well arranged cocks and valves for convenience in working.

ENGINE TRUCK, with square wrought iron frame, cast iron pedestals, and center-bearing suitable for rigid center or swinging bolster, with approved arrangement of equalizing beams and springs.

WHEELS. Double plate chilled wheels of first-class manufacture.

AXLES of hammered iron, with inside journals.

SPRINGS of best cast steel, tempered in oil.

CAB constructed of seasoned ash, substantially built, and secured by joint-bolts and corner-plates; furnished with seats and tool-boxes for engineer and fireman.

PILOT of wood, well braced, and provided with substantial draw-bar.

FINISH. Boiler lagged with wood and jacketed with planished iron ; secured by planished iron bands. Dome lagged with wood, with sheet iron casing and cast iron rings, painted. Cylinders lagged with wood, with sheet iron casing and cast iron head-covers. Steam-chests cased with sheet iron, with cast iron covers. Hand-rail of iron, with columns secured to boiler.

TENDER

FRAME substantially built of 6½ by 4 by 5-8 angle iron, and thoroughly braced.

TRUCKS. Two four-wheeled center-bearing trucks, made with wrought iron side-bars, channel iron cross-beams and bolsters. Additional side-bearings on back truck. Brake on back truck.

SPRINGS made of best cast steel, tempered in oil.

WHEELS. Double plate chilled wheels, of first-class manufacture.

AXLES of hammered iron, with outside journals.

TANK strongly put together with angle-iron corners, and thoroughly braced and stayed, and well secured to tender-frame.

FIXTURES AND FURNITURE

Engine provided with sand-box, support for headlight, bell, whistle, steam gauge. gauge cocks, cab lamp, heater, blower, oil cans, torch, also all necessary wrenches, fire tools, hammers, chisels, packing tools, etc.; two jack-screws and pinch-bar.

Principal parts fitted to gauges and templates, and interchangeable.

All finished removable nuts, case hardened.

All threads United States standard.

PAINTING. Engine and tender well painted and varnished, with the road, number, mark and name put on in handsome style.