A BICYCLE ENGINE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2305, 18 December 1889, Page 2

A BICYCLE ENGINE

A novel machine, suggesting a very radioftl change In railway conDtraotlon, baa, says the " Bloyollng Ncwi," iirlvad In New York from Portland, Me,, where it was built. It weighs twenty-two tons and cam.6 on a traok attached to tha teat of a tegular ttain. The total height of the rmohine 10 l&ft 61a, and It !haa a atngle driving wheel of 7ft 91b dUtnetQE, with doable fl inges to ride on a eitigle'rall. The oab ii two atoreys high, I' the nppoi* Btorey baing oooupied by iho engiueer, &nd the lower storey by .the fireman* The engine has two oyUoden, X2ln by 14in eaoh, and la designed to ba I oporatod with ibollei preisure qUOQiIji to

&c totiMtlr «fa. The pasienge* wn to be , i»w» by this engine ate to be 4-1 wide j aid UH high, Iff two ilorrr. * nd 1O0 |) I «««. 4Stf% long, we deri&ned to weigh grates* end oany 108 pwteDgirs eieb. Tht endns and t-i-ln we -to be kept en tbeli tingle tt^ok bf npper wooden goidlElf beams supported IP [ft > «bove the tosck below by • bridge-hkfc skeleioD fmne arehiag thero«^w»y % The .height can axe to be of trfnulw height ted width, aad it la dtaigned tb»t the two Tails of en ordia&ty traok sh«^ form • double trs ok for bicycle tr»is « withotit altering |he incka cred for the present cars and engine* the gn ding beams and skeleton tr> met Wag «ut rf the way of trains ntde «pof jecomotlTes »nd cars w now bttllt. I* is deilg&ed by tbls form of flOßttsMijon to Siva greatly In weight »od frfet-m, 'edt c!rg the weight of the o«>9| both potmngee and freight, relaH?alf to tlie lead carried, and ravrng pbwav loft m ronndlpg onsTffi, It being SoMwdfd ifcojo bttlsaee the train that there «O1 be bot Uttis strain on the top guiding ftSt.