OUR ENGINES SCORE.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 October 1901, Page 4

OUR ENGINES SCORE.

The competitive trials which have just taken place on the Egyptian 1 Government railways between the locomotives made by the United States, and those sent out by the firm of Neilson, Eeid, and Co, of Glasgow, have now been reported upon. The test of their relative efficiency under conditions as nearly similar as could be obtained, yet slightly in favor of the American engines, has resulted in an unequivocal success for the British engines, thus proving that wc have nothing to apprehend in the quality of our material in those neutral markets, in which our trans-At-lantic cousins have already acclaimed themselves as conquerors.

The trials were conducted on the simplest and fairest basis. The American goods engines wero thoroughly representative in every way, their cylinder and wheel dimensions being exactly those of the British, viz., ISins and 26ins, the only difference being that ot boiler pressure, carrying IGOlbs on the square inch against the 1401bs of iheir British rivals.

This difference, a 3 the initiated well know, should give as nearJy as possible 13 per cent., greater efficiency and economy. The trains worked were as nearly as could be arranged ihe same, consisting in each case of sixty wagons. The total weight of the train hauled by the American engine was about 443 tons, while that of the British engine was about 555 tons. The American engine consumed four tons of coal. "The British engine consumed 27-10 tons, or nearly 26cwts. less on the same trial with a load at least one-fifth greater. lhe coal in each case was carefully weighed on, and what remained after each run was weighed off. Six cwt ninbty eight lbs of ooal were allowed for each engine for raising steam preparatory to the trials. The distance run wa3 130 miles, namely, between Gabbari and Cairo.

The British engines did their work with ease, the American engines with difficulty. The trials of the ten American and ten British passenger engines are not yet completed, but so far the preliminary runs have demonstrated results more accentuated in favor of the British engines than those already instanced.

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