460 SEC. 12. APPLIED MECHANICS. 



2212a. Two views of Ramsbottom's Pick-up Troughs 



at Whitmore. 



F. W. Webb, Locomotive Department, London and North- 

 westerm Railway, Crewe. 



These troughs are laid down to supply the tenders of the locomotives with 

 water whilst running ; a dip pipe on the tender is lowered into the water, 

 which thus runs into the tank, by this means saving time during the journey. 



2212b. Dignity and Impudence (after Landseer). 



F. W. Webb. 



This photograph represents the largest and smallest locomotives employed 

 by the London and North-western Railway Company. The following 

 dimensions of them may be interesting : 



Dignity. Impudence. 



Size of cylinders - - 17 in. x 24 in. 4| in. x 6 in. 



Diameter of driving wheels - 8ft. Gin. 15^ inches. 



Gauge - - - 4ft. 8|in. 18 inches. 



Weight in working order - - 28| tons 2| tons. 



2212c. Train used at the Break Trials, near Newark, 

 June 9th to 15th, 1875 (2 photos.). F. W. Webb. 



The train represented was one of the ordinary express passenger trains, 

 fitted with contirfuous break, sent by the London and North-western Railway 

 Company, to take part in the break trials at Newark in June 1875, before the 

 Royal Commissioners. 



2212d. Section of Tabular Results showing the Wear 

 of Steel Bails. F. W. Webb. 



2212e. LovelPs Patent Apparatus for recording the bad 

 joints on railways and tramways. Garnham fy Co., London. 



This invention is for the purpose of showing the faulty joints in the per- 

 manent way, thus providing a means, hitherto unprovided for, for showing in 

 the case of broken springs, or the oscillation of a train, on which side the 

 fault rests, whether in weak springs or bad joints, and consists of a clockwork 

 movement, arranged to draw an endless paper over suitable drums, in com- 

 bination with a pencil. The indicator is attached between the spring and 

 footplate of an engine or other vehicle, the pencil making a longitudinal line 

 when no oscillation, and a vertical line when oscillation, takes place. The 

 length of such vertical line is various, according, to the amount of such 

 oscillation. 



2212h. Six Wheels coupled Mineral Engine. Size of 



cylinders, 17" dia., 24" stroke. Diameter of wheels, 4 ft. 3 in. 

 Total weight in working order, 29 tons 11 cwt. F. W. Webb. 



The barrel of the boiler and fire-box casing are of steel, and the axles and 

 many of the working parts are also of steel. 



22121. Four Wheels coupled heavy Express Passenger 

 Engines. Size of cylinders, 17" diameter, 24" stroke. Diameter 

 of coupled wheels, 6 ft. 6 in. Total weight in working order, 

 32 tons, 15 cwt. F. W. Webb. 



