. American engineer and railroad journal . the arch and not passdirectly against the ends of the tubes and the tube firedoors appear to represent an important principlein this respect. Mr. Mcintosh does not believe in pooling engines and in an-swer to a question as to the number of his engine failures caus-ing delays of 2 minutes or more, he replied that he always re-ceived a letter or telegram from the general manager wheneversuch a delay occurred. This indicates that he does not havemany. He believes that a clean engine will be well cared forand that it pays to be most caref
. American engineer and railroad journal . the arch and not passdirectly against the ends of the tubes and the tube firedoors appear to represent an important principlein this respect. Mr. Mcintosh does not believe in pooling engines and in an-swer to a question as to the number of his engine failures caus-ing delays of 2 minutes or more, he replied that he always re-ceived a letter or telegram from the general manager wheneversuch a delay occurred. This indicates that he does not havemany. He believes that a clean engine will be well cared forand that it pays to be most careful in this and in the runningrepairs. He insists on having certain men to inspect enginesand others to repair them, which seems rather important. Reverting to the matter of adjusting the front ends oflocomotives, it should be stated that Mr. Mcintosh does thiswork very carefully in the case of every new engine and thenby the use of templets and gauges others of the same classare put in correct order in the shop, and require no subsequent. A TYPICAL BRITISH SMOKE BOX AEBANQEMENT. adjustment. When the right position of the petticoat pipe isfound a pattern is made and the engines of that class are fittedwith petticoats which are integral with the cast-iron liner ofthe stacks, and no adjustment whatever is provided in thatmember. The best talent of the department is devoted to thedrafting of locomotives, and it is done once for all for eachclass. There is no tinkering with front ends here. It will be difficult to convey a correct impression of theattention given to drafting British locomotives. The adjust-ment of the nozzle and petticoat is considered vital to theproper operation of the engine, and to the care devoted to thisI attribute in a large degree, the good steaming qualities ofengines which we consider very deficient in heating firebox conditions also help and these will be referred toagain. As the new ten-wheel Caledonian engine is still con-sidered as in the e
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