. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o reasons, atleast. First, they arc too intelligent, andsecond, there is too great a fear of thefigures on the performance sheet at theend of the month. I am sorry to say wehave brakemcn who will do this, provid-ing they can get hold of the cnginc-oilcrwhen the eagle eye isnt looking. As to roundhouse work, if our road isthe some roads he has in mind, I sufficient to say that your correspond-ents criticism is entirely uncalled for, andhe must, therefore, mean some other roadwhich he has visited.
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o reasons, atleast. First, they arc too intelligent, andsecond, there is too great a fear of thefigures on the performance sheet at theend of the month. I am sorry to say wehave brakemcn who will do this, provid-ing they can get hold of the cnginc-oilcrwhen the eagle eye isnt looking. As to roundhouse work, if our road isthe some roads he has in mind, I sufficient to say that your correspond-ents criticism is entirely uncalled for, andhe must, therefore, mean some other roadwhich he has visited. Allow me to add, in closing, that thebrakemen on this division are so fat andlazy they can hardly give a signal, whichwould seem to indicate that the stops aremade in some manner other than muscularexertion, and I think a very good qualityof air has a great deal to do with T. Carney,Engr., C, M. & St. P. Ry. Sioux City, la. Some Air-Brake Troubles. Editor: The article in the .May issue of Locomo-tive by James Bleasdale, Jr.,entitled Locating and Reporting An K. SYMON S EMERGENCY RECORDER. Pump Troubles, and also the article inthe June issue entitled Concerning the In-struction of Engineers, by John T. Gill,seem to me as strange, on part of secondarticle. I would suggest heading of firstarticle to read, Locating and Reporting.\ir-Brake Troubles, for air pumps arenot the only victims. While many areever on the alert to get points concerningthe troubles of air brakes, there are alsomany who neglect this. The first question in the second articleis. How do you start a pump? The an-swer in practice by many: Open full throt-tle and get down to oil up. Drip cocksare supposed to be automatic—close assoon as condensation has worked a number of air cylinders are oiledat inlet of lower valve cap by filling tallow-pot lid with valve oil and hold at cap untilall is taken in. How many can describethe pump and trace the steam and airthrough it? The question. W
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