. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ression is that thelimit of the purchasing power of the dollar !nigany, ami the exterii>i is thi aril Pullman color. About ih saw thai wa opi the too lu thing about the train, bul any feeling of uneasine: i \ di spelled on acquain with the impoi tanl 11 i thai I hi of tran tatii ii remain il the old figuri Case-Hardened Axle Journals. The method of ca-r hardening and finishing axle journals ha been brought asnear to perfection a possible at the < Western Railroad Works at Swin-
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ression is that thelimit of the purchasing power of the dollar !nigany, ami the exterii>i is thi aril Pullman color. About ih saw thai wa opi the too lu thing about the train, bul any feeling of uneasine: i \ di spelled on acquain with the impoi tanl 11 i thai I hi of tran tatii ii remain il the old figuri Case-Hardened Axle Journals. The method of ca-r hardening and finishing axle journals ha been brought asnear to perfection a possible at the < Western Railroad Works at Swin-don, where all axles are treated in the i skin about 1-10 inch thick. Theaxle is then taken out ami placed in a10I. file case-hard-ening bout an inch on to thewheel-seat. When bo of the axleare treated, it is taken to a lathe andground tru< on with a pres ure 1 . and the axle pin I,a. I: in ■] the jour- ■ a very fine si!Axb-, 50 treated run an enormous num-ber .,i miles and never run hot.—RailwayEngim § $ i Within a short time the long talked-oftic dispatch system between the. is pretty nearly approached in the way ofgorgeous decorations. The train is made up of a combinedbaggage, buffet and smoking car, a chaircar, compartment cars, standard sleep-ing cars and the dining car. The buffetcar has reading room with a book casewell stocked with choicest literature; thebuffet feature—well it furnishes ocularproof that it can satisfy almost any year-ning for either solid or liquid interior finish of the train is in GREAT NORTHERN BUFFET CAR. following manner: The axles are firstturned and polished, and then each end isseparately hardened in a specially con-structed furnace. The end of the axle isenclosed in a loose sheet-iron cap, thespace between the axle-end and the cas-ing is filled with scintilla case-harden-ing composition, and closed with end of the axle thus enclosed is puthorizontally into a furnace fired withcoal, and into which is inject
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