. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ervicesince 1882, will be taken to drive thedynamos, and the power-house is nowunder way. This engine, always too largefor its work, can now be an earning fac-tor. The company have appropriated$40,000, we understand, for these improve-ments, and are among the first of railroadshops, if not the pioneers, in an exclusiveelectric drive for shop tools. This movegives an idea of the spirit of progress ani-mating the officers of the new NorthernPacific. Superintendent of Motive PowerForsyth is making his influ
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ervicesince 1882, will be taken to drive thedynamos, and the power-house is nowunder way. This engine, always too largefor its work, can now be an earning fac-tor. The company have appropriated$40,000, we understand, for these improve-ments, and are among the first of railroadshops, if not the pioneers, in an exclusiveelectric drive for shop tools. This movegives an idea of the spirit of progress ani-mating the officers of the new NorthernPacific. Superintendent of Motive PowerForsyth is making his influence felt inall these new moves that are placing theroad in the front rank of railway manage-ment. These shops are in charge of Mas-ter Mechanic Bean, and will soon be inthe first class. Baldwln-Westinghouse Electric MineLocomotive. In a recent letter to the WestinghouseElectric and Manufacturing Company,Mr. R. G. Vance. Jr., superintendent ofthe Stevens Coal Company, makes the fol-lowing statements regarding the Baldwin-Westinghouse electric mine locomotivein operation in their mines:. Lt^omotiif Ungineering Fig. 5. E F. Connect the points A B and D between the lines A D andB C draw the line G H. From / to V, onthe line E F, mark oflf the length of theversed sine, 11-16 inch; with a of wood draw the arc G V H. Divide the lines AD and BC intotwelve equal parts and connect the the distances from e la f, g to to ;, Fig. 5, equal, like distances onFig. 4, measuring the distances from thearc G V H, Fig. 5. The rivet holes areplaced at the points so found and lapadded. As the difference in the length ofthe versed sines, of large and small ends,is very slight, allowance may be made forit when the marks are centered. As the length of the end courses, andalso their shape, is diflferent from the cen-ter courses, separate patterns must bemade for them. i i i The Brainerd Shops. There is every sign of improvementvisible round about the No
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