Author: Pennsylvania Railroad Test Dept

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781334237461

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Excerpt from Locomotive Testing Plant at Altoona, Penna: Tests of an E2a Locomotive The original program Of tests that was planned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to be made on the Locomotive Testing Plant at St. Louis, in 1904, included tests of one of the Company's simple passenger locomotives of the Atlantic type with D valves* and a locomotive of this type was prepared and held in readiness for the tests, but as the time at St. Louis was not sufficient, these tests could not be carried out. That tests of a simple two-cylinder passenger locomotive, made under the same conditions as were maintained in the tests of the four-cylinder balanced compound passenger locomotives, would be of particular interest has bee-n apparent. Upon the completion of the Testing Plant at its permanent location at Altoona this locomotive was placed upon it, and the Pennsylvania Railroad 'company now makes public in the follow ing pages the results of such a series of tests as was formerly contemplated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Locomotive Testing Plant at Altoona, Penna written by Pennsylvania Railroad Test Dept and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Locomotive Testing Plant at Altoona, Penna: Tests of an E2a Locomotive The original program Of tests that was planned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to be made on the Locomotive Testing Plant at St. Louis, in 1904, included tests of one of the Company's simple passenger locomotives of the Atlantic type with D valves* and a locomotive of this type was prepared and held in readiness for the tests, but as the time at St. Louis was not sufficient, these tests could not be carried out. That tests of a simple two-cylinder passenger locomotive, made under the same conditions as were maintained in the tests of the four-cylinder balanced compound passenger locomotives, would be of particular interest has bee-n apparent. Upon the completion of the Testing Plant at its permanent location at Altoona this locomotive was placed upon it, and the Pennsylvania Railroad 'company now makes public in the follow ing pages the results of such a series of tests as was formerly contemplated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.