ON RAILWAY CONSTANTS. 



237 



Consumption of Coke. 



616 pounds used to get up steam in the morning, 1 To be added in the se- 

 and to fill up the firebox previous to starting J cond trip. 



Quantity of coke consumed during the trip of 95 miles, indu- 

 sive of what was required to fill up the firebox at the end of 

 the journey 3654? 



Coke consumed per mile 



Ditto per ton per mile upon the load (nett) 



lbs. 

 38-4 lbs. 

 ■55 lbs. 



Statement of the time occupied in performing a trip from Liverpool to Bir- 

 mingham, 95 miles, on an average rise of 1 in 2462, and of the time lost 

 in stoppages and slackening and getting into the speed at the Stations. 



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Started ftoni Liverpool 10 28 121 .^^j^^;^^ ^f 



Arrived in Birmingham a 57 lOJ 



TIME LOST ON THE ROAD. 



Gettins; up speed at Liverpool, H to 4 miles, = 2} miles ... 

 At full speed would have been 



Slackened speed at Sutton, &c., 11|- to 14^ miles, = 3^ miles... 

 At full speed '. 



Stoppage, &c. at Warrington, 19| to 21J miles, = 2 miles .. 

 At full speed 



Stoppage, &c. at Hartford, 31 J to 33i miles, =■ 2 miles 

 At full speed 



Stoppage, &c. at Crewe, 43^ to 45^ miles, = 2 miles ... 

 At full speed 



Slackened at Whitmore, 53 j- to 55 ,| miles, = 2 miles ... 

 At full speed 



Stoppage, &c. at Stafford, 67} to 69J miles, =- 2 miles 

 At full speed 



Stoppage, &c. at Whampton, 83 to 85 miles, = 2 miles 

 At full speed 



Slackened at Birmingham, 96 to 96| miles, = 2 miles... 

 At full speed 



s 



41 



20 



8 

 51 



4 

 16 



34 

 



8 

 56 



34 

 



33 

 4 





 



24 

 



Lost. 



21 

 17 

 48 

 34 

 12 

 34 

 29 

 

 24 



Time which would have been occupied if the Train had started from 

 Liverpool at full speed, and travelled from thence to Birmingham with- 

 out stopping 



19 



39 



19 



Equal to an average speed of 28*60 miles per hour. 



Up an average rise of 1 in 24'62. 



Time, exclusive of dead stoppages, 3 hours 37 minutes. 



