. The locomotive engineer . er for him (whichwater act the writer has often performed).While water was being taken, the firemanwould clean out his ash pan and then goaround and hoe out the front end, or therewas no steam; so you see, boys, the manon the left side had no time to flirt withthe girls. The fireman had another dutyto perform, the neglect of which cost someof them their lives. Alt covered bridgeswere too low for the stacks; in consequence,the stacks all had a joint in them wherethe diamond and straight parts met. Tohandle the top of the stack, a long rodwas connected to it, leading
. The locomotive engineer . er for him (whichwater act the writer has often performed).While water was being taken, the firemanwould clean out his ash pan and then goaround and hoe out the front end, or therewas no steam; so you see, boys, the manon the left side had no time to flirt withthe girls. The fireman had another dutyto perform, the neglect of which cost someof them their lives. Alt covered bridgeswere too low for the stacks; in consequence,the stacks all had a joint in them wherethe diamond and straight parts met. Tohandle the top of the stack, a long rodwas connected to it, leading to the leftside of the engine. On approaching acovered bridge, the fireman had to takehold of the rod and pull the stack sometimes happened at night that hewould not see the bridge in time, which,striking the stack, would knock it back,and drive the rod through the body of thefireman, if he happened to be on his boxat the lime; so you see it has been adangerous calling ever since railroadswere first worked by steam,. The Northern Pacific Oil Cup. James McNaughlon and Adam Beards-ley, two mechanics employed by the N. P.,several years ago invented the oil cupshere shown, and they have since beenthrough the test of time on that road, andhave been adopted as standard. Fig. i isa rod cup ; the top screws on, or it can bemade to slip on and hold by a springcatch. Fig. 2 is a guide oiler; its coverslips over the entire cup down to the wrench. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofboth cups. As will be seen, the needle feeder is heldin any position by the thread in thebridge ; this bridge is cast in two pieces,and these halves are wedged apart whilethe thread is tapped, the wedge is thenwithdrawn, and the spring ol the bridgebinds the screw. The feed can be adjusted by the thumbpiece on top. and there are graduationmarks on the cup top to regulate by, nowrench or screw-driver being necessary. A large size of this cup is also made forengine trucks, and used on the N. P. TheReadin
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