. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . handling in yards, which seemsrather hard to contnd. especially in called hump yards. as a great manydraft riggings are ruptured in yards,which do not give out until they arc intransit on the road, which the train crewshould not lie held responsible for. The question of engines isanother factor more or lesstrouble in breaking trains in two. Whilethe writer believes in giving the engineall that can be hauled running at a rea-scrnahle speed, it still remains a questionof determining the most economical loadto give the loeoniot
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . handling in yards, which seemsrather hard to contnd. especially in called hump yards. as a great manydraft riggings are ruptured in yards,which do not give out until they arc intransit on the road, which the train crewshould not lie held responsible for. The question of engines isanother factor more or lesstrouble in breaking trains in two. Whilethe writer believes in giving the engineall that can be hauled running at a rea-scrnahle speed, it still remains a questionof determining the most economical loadto give the loeoniotive. as when the en-gine is so heavy, and becomes ^^^^ shifting work on these tracksnecessarv to take the slack at w Shocks on Passenger Trains. Mm Tor : Occasionally, when riding in the rearportion of long passenger trains, one istreated to a severe shock, especially atwater stations, due to the slack runningU]). This is very disagreeable to personssitting up in day liut is muchmore so to those who ha\e jiaiii their. .Nil 11 l\ I N riiii \ .\In ^^^ winter the absolutelv , and hard places, it cannot help but ^^^_.^. ,^,„.j |,^. .^„ „„eo„if,,rtabk- placelieing injurious to the draft gears, al though tliev ma :.t givi ml It th. in sleeping cars ami expect to get a nights rest. To be moved lengthwise ip a berth until the head strikes the end of particularly if it is snowing m raining, same, is not a pleasant sensation and one but of course this isnt so important on a that has never yet been seen advertised time of starting, or taking slack, but will ^^vitchcr. The engines are very power- in any of the many timetables examined. give out at the most critical time, ipr whenleast expected. While the engineer hasno control on the way the slack is run-ning, or in other words, the force, be can be governed to .ivery great extent on hr>w to make thebrake pipe reductions in ..rder lo absorbthe shock, es
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