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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 2, 1934.)

New Freight Locomotives

New Freight Locomotives.

Now that trade is steadily improving in Britain, the railways are adding to their stocks of freight locomotives. The L.M. & S. line has under construction in the Crewe Works a batch of forty new tender locomotives of the 2–6 wheel arrangement, designed especially for fast freight haulage. The new engines are on similar lines to the existing “13,000” class of standard 2–6 superheated locomotives, of which there are some 245 already in service on the line. The page 14 page 15 “13,000” class engines, however, have not the tapered boilers of the new type. The boiler pressure, also, has been increased from 180 lb. to 225 lb. per sq in., and tractive effort from 25,580 lb. to 26,288 lb. The two horizontal outside cylinders of the new engines are of 18 in. diameter by 28 in, stroke; total heating surface is 1,411 sq. ft. and grate area 27.8 sq. ft. Driving wheels are of 5 ft. 6 in. dia.; coupled wheelbase is 16 ft. 6 in.; and total length of engine and tender over buffers is 59 ft. 10 3/4 in. In working order the engine weighs 65 tons, or with a six-wheeled tender carrying 3,500 gallons of water and 5 tons of coal, 107 tons 4 cwts.

The cab equipment of the new engines is especially interesting. The width over cab plates is 8 ft. 6 in. and the drive is on the left-hand side, tipup seats being fitted on each side of the cab. There are two sliding windows on each side, and a wellplaced hinged window on the front cab plate.