Equipped with hook motion valve gear and independent variable cut-off. Used in smoke burning tests of 1859, and worn out in 1876. |
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Equipped with hook motion valve gear and independent variable cut-off. Used in smoke burning tests of 1859, and worn out in 1876. |
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locomotives of the 0-8-0 and 4-6-0 types, built during the years 1854-1856.
The general designs of these locomotives are shown on pages 15
and 16.
The link motion, in the meantime, had been steadily finding increasing favor among American railway managers, and had occasionally been used by Mr. Baldwin at the |
which was frequently
used by The Baldwin Locomotive Works until 1880. The "Tiger," shown in
the frontispiece, was elaborately painted and decorated in accordance with
the practice of the day, and represented, at that time, the highest development
of the American passenger locomotive.
The introduction of the link motion |
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Originally named "Thos. H. Forsythe," and equipped with hook motion and Baldwin variable cut-off. Rebuilt as shown, with link motion and Gill & Co.'s smoke consuming firebox. A similar engine, No. 206, originally the "Wm. Hopkins," of the Allegheny Portage R. R., was used in the smoke consuming tests of 1859. |
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| urgent request of his customers. The first Baldwin locomotive for the Pennsylvania to be so equipped was the "Tiger," of the 4-4-0 type, built for fast passenger service in December, 1856. It was shortly followed by three others of similar design, the "Leopard," "Hornet" and "Wasp." These locomotives had straight boilers with two domes, and in this respect established a form of construction | marked an important step in locomotive development, and the most advanced types of the late fifties and early sixties embodied the principal characteristic features of the locomotive as built to-day. During the succeeding ten or twelve years the locomotives built for road service on the Pennsylvania were of two principal types--the American (4-4-0) for passenger service and fast freight, | |
Smith's patent boiler with short tubes and 54" combustion chamber. Used in smoke burning tests, 1859. |
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