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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3 (July 1, 1927)

Weighing Locomotives

Weighing Locomotives.

Among the equipment of the locomotive sheds at King's Cross, London, is a device (of British design) for weighing locomotives. The device is in the form of a hydraulic jack which is placed in turn under each wheel of the locomotive it is desired to weigh, the weights obtained then being added together.