Identifier: streetrailwayrev01amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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. This engine with not more than 3)^per cent, clearance in low pressure cjlinder runs withoutexcessive compression non-condensing; in fact could bereadily adjusted for no compression, if so desired, andwithout interfering with the cut-off on the steam side.The low pressure steam valves are provided with apause gear giving a wide opening of port with anearlv cut-off. yet considerable pains have been taken to distribute themetal symetrically. The base plate is heavy and deepwith a view to firmness. The engine is for belt, ropedrive, or direct connected service, and was built andinstalled by the Lake Erie Engineering Works, of Buf-falo, N. Y., and reflects great credit both in workmanshipand design. THE BARRE SLIDING RAILWAY. SINCE the demise of the the elevated-electric-200-miles-an-hour scheme between Milwaukee andChicago the Barre Sliding Railway, of whichPhilip Hornath is promotor, wishes to fill up the gap.The Barre method has been in vogue in Europe experi-mentally for a few years.
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BUFFALO CITY RAILWAY POWER PLANT—VIEW FROM VISITOR The valves are four ported, flat faced and partly bal-anced, there being just enough pressure upon the seats tomake tight joints. This is done by the steam itself, andthe valves follow their own wear always keeping tight. The pistons are of an English marine type, the con-necting rod forged and of a forked pattern with bearingsin cross-head—the latter being forged in one piecewith their counter balances. Main bearings are pro-vided with removable shells, grease lubrication and waterjackets, and there is a water jacket behind the guides onthe running side also. The main bearings, crank pinsand cross-head pins, are lubricated through pipes leadingfrom a large cast iron grease pot on the platform of theengine. All joints in the valve gear are provided with inde-pendent grease cups. In appearance, the engine is massive The cars run on slides instead of on wheels, and wateris used as the motive power. The slides under the carare hollow

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