. American engineer and railroad journal . f the company, notwithstanding the fact that the output of thepliints has been increased to a large extent. There seems to be anunlimited demand for all kinds of high grade machinery, which iscertainly a good indication that the prosperity is enjoyed in nillines of manufacture. Messrs. George G. Frelinghuysen and Frederick T. Fearey, rep-resenting the Continuous Rail Joint Company of America, haveconcluded the purchase of about twenty acres of land at Troy. N. the rolling mills, machine shops and numerous other buildings WASHBURN DOUBLE-MOVEME
. American engineer and railroad journal . f the company, notwithstanding the fact that the output of thepliints has been increased to a large extent. There seems to be anunlimited demand for all kinds of high grade machinery, which iscertainly a good indication that the prosperity is enjoyed in nillines of manufacture. Messrs. George G. Frelinghuysen and Frederick T. Fearey, rep-resenting the Continuous Rail Joint Company of America, haveconcluded the purchase of about twenty acres of land at Troy. N. the rolling mills, machine shops and numerous other buildings WASHBURN DOUBLE-MOVEMENT TENDER ANDPILOT COUPLER. A new coupler for tenders and the pilots of locomotives hasbeen developed by the Wasffburn Coupler Company of Minne-apolis, Minn. It is specially designed for switching loco-motives and resembles in its general features the well-knownflexible head pilot coupler of this company. It has the sidemovement of the draw-bar and also a movement of the head inthe bar, thereby giving a large amount of play to the head of. THE WASHBURN TENDER AND PILOT COUPLER. the coupler. It is said to provide greater movement than anyother device of the kind on the market. The material is caststeel, except the pins. It is heavy and very strong. In couplingon ordinary curves the head will turn far enough to couplewithout difficulty and in cases of extraordinary curvature theintermediate bar swings far enough to one side to allow thecouplings to come together. Upon passing again to the straighttrack the springs center the Immediate bar to its normal posi-tion. The manufacturers desire to direct attention to the factthat there are other devices for this purpose upon the marketwhich are infringing upon their patents. June, 1901 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAU 20^ (KstabllBlted 183it.) r-AMERICAN-^ LngineeR fiAILROAD°JOURNAL RAILWAY SHOPS. BY li. H. SOULE. V. The ! Siiiir and Tiiii Smith Shop. As in the raso of tlie macliino Bhop. the boiler shop does notadmit of c
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