. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . cult to estimate. Any device which\vill keep an engine out of the round-house and in service, especially in busytimes, is certainly worthy of consider-ation. The skimmer is intended for use inlocomotives operated in a districtwhere the water used contains impuri-ties likely to cause foaming or those whichare found at certain periods of the year, orwhere by reason of the absence of scale-ingredients, regular water. o°o°§oSg8go°ogo„ 000, :; tnloo^ SECTION, PLAN AND END VIEW OF BARNES BOILER SKI
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . cult to estimate. Any device which\vill keep an engine out of the round-house and in service, especially in busytimes, is certainly worthy of consider-ation. The skimmer is intended for use inlocomotives operated in a districtwhere the water used contains impuri-ties likely to cause foaming or those whichare found at certain periods of the year, orwhere by reason of the absence of scale-ingredients, regular water. o°o°§oSg8go°ogo„ 000, :; tnloo^ SECTION, PLAN AND END VIEW OF BARNES BOILER SKIMMER AND BLOW-OFF VALVE. treating plants have not been device has been tested on theWabash and the inventor tells us thata 21x20 inch 4-4-2 type engine, which of the water beginning to foam theuprush of steam and water to thethrottle will cause most of the foam-ing water surrounding the stand anddry pipe to find its way into the V-shaped trough. before being equipped with this devicerequired washing out at the end of The blow-off valves are placed outside every 1,000 miles, was after the appli-the boiler, one on each side, and from each cation of the skimmer able to makea y^-in. iron rod extends back to the cab over miles between washings. April, 1907. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 177 Items of Personal Interest Mr. J. A. Best lias been appointedpurchasing agent of the Georgia Rail-road witli oflice at Augusta, Ga. Mr. G. M. Ellsworth has been appointedchief motive power clerk
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