. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n reply to Mr. J. P. Kelleys letter inOctober number of R.\ilw.\y and Loco-motive Engineering, in regard to cover-ing headlights, I do not think his idea agood one. Either cover the headlight orhave it uncovered. When a train turns out to meet a trainhaving the right of track, as did the freighttrain for the passenger train which speaks of, the train on the sidingdoes not amount to more than a box car onthat passing track, so far as the passengertrain is concerned. Take the rear end
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n reply to Mr. J. P. Kelleys letter inOctober number of R.\ilw.\y and Loco-motive Engineering, in regard to cover-ing headlights, I do not think his idea agood one. Either cover the headlight orhave it uncovered. When a train turns out to meet a trainhaving the right of track, as did the freighttrain for the passenger train which speaks of, the train on the sidingdoes not amount to more than a box car onthat passing track, so far as the passengertrain is concerned. Take the rear end ofa train; it must have markers to show tothe trains that it is- the rear end of thattrain, to meet. The engine indicates thehead end, and the caboose, box car, or anyother car does not designate the rear endunless so indicated by markers. If we meet an engine using the propermarkers, by day or by night, they indicatethe rear end of the train. If markers arenot displayed, we stop at once and ascer-tain where the rear end is; the engine in-dicating the head end. Now as to giving All right signals;. CRANK PIN OILER. in my judgment this is one of the worstpractices of the railroads to-day, and moreaccidents have occurred by this practicethan by any other signals given—I mayadd, than any other one cause. Whenever a train takes siding, the head-light should be covered on the engine, andthe markers turned on the rear end of thattrain which is on siding. The train on the siding should be of nomore consequence than a box car to atrain having superior rights, with the ex-ception that the passing crew should, inpassing the rear end, after passing the lo-comotive, be sure markers are displayed. Returning to the All right signal, Iwish to ask why the All right signalshould be given to a train of superior class,not knowing the train of inferior class ison the siding. I will frankly say it shouldnot. If a train has an order to meet atrain that is on the siding, the train to bemet should a
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