. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . itnecessary to wash engines at the end ofeach trip, if the water is treated chem-ically so as to precipitate the incrustingmatter in the form of sludge, and this sludge is blown out by mean 1 1 blow offcocks, and the boiler, instead of beingwashed at the end of each trip 1»end of every three to six hundred milesrun, is now allow ed to 1 un betweei fifteento even thirty daj 1 twi 1 n wa hings, theflue trouble decrea es in a correspondingratio as the decrease in boilei wa decre
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . itnecessary to wash engines at the end ofeach trip, if the water is treated chem-ically so as to precipitate the incrustingmatter in the form of sludge, and this sludge is blown out by mean 1 1 blow offcocks, and the boiler, instead of beingwashed at the end of each trip 1»end of every three to six hundred milesrun, is now allow ed to 1 un betweei fifteento even thirty daj 1 twi 1 n wa hings, theflue trouble decrea es in a correspondingratio as the decrease in boilei wa decreases in Hue lihave been noted where bad water hasbeen treated chemically either before orafter the water was put into the boiler,the decrease in leakage, however, was notdue to the chemicals put in the water, butto the fact that owing to the chemicaltreatment, it was possible to run enlonger between washings, thereby decreas-ing the number of times necessary toknock the fires. If the above theories are accepted ascorrect, the natural conclusion will bethat the proper care of boilers resolves it-. ORIGINAL TICKET OFFICE OF THE NEW CASTLE & FRENCHTOWN RAILROAD, BUILT 1832. self into knocking the fires as few timesas possible. In other words, when enginesarrive at terminals, instead of knockingthe fires, simply clean and hank same,leaving the fire door shut as much aspossible. After the fire has been cleanedand banked, the ash pan dampers shouldbe closed except when necessary to re-plenish the fire with fresh fuel. In thiscase the dampers should be open beforethe fire box door is open. In order toaccomplish this the chemical treatment ofwater is strongly advocated, as. by thistreatment, it is possible to run engineslonger between washouts. When neces-sary to knock a fire, however, in order towash boiler, or to make repairs to the in-terior of the firebox, grate?, the stackshould be covered with a metal plate im- mediately after the fire has been knockedand the engine housed
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