Recapitulation of Some of the Special Advantages of Messrs. Kitson's Separate Tramway Engines and Steam Cars.
Some of the principal advantages of these engines are:—
(a.) | The complete manner in which the machinery is all enclosed and protected from dust, dirt, &c., together with— |
(b.) | The accessibility of all parts of the machinery to the engine-driver at any moment for oiling, &c. |
(c.) | The complete manner in which the steam is condensed and disposed of without objectionable noise, |
(d.) | The powerful blast of hot air to the furnace, controllable at will by the driver. |
(e.) | The power of generating steam just as required for long or short efforts of speed and traction. |
Besides these advantages, common to all the engines, the steam-car (
i.e., engine and car combined, so that the weight of the cars and passengers rests partly upon the driving wheels) has special advantages of its own:—
(a.) | A great saving in the amount of dead weight to be moved in proportion to paying weight. |
(b.) | Passenger capacity for equal length of street occupied, |
(c.) | Steepness of grades to be overcome. |
(d.) | Brake power. |
N.B.—Unless specially ordered all the engines, both separate and for the steam-cars, are constructed with Rowan's Patent Condenser, and provided with all Board of Trade requirements, such as automatic brake, &c.