. The locomotive engineer . s the han-dle is rotated, and the point of cut-off isas closely regulated as any man can wish. Another thing will strike the observingengineman ; the gear in the quadrant canbe easily kept tight, and the worm, beingon a taper, is always tight, doing awaywith the lost motion and chatter of olderdevices. The desired results seem to have beensimply and cheaply reached. The Water Hose Trouble. One of the meanest acting tittle detailsof a locomotive is the water hose fromlender to feed-pipe of ennine. The usualdesign has a goose-neck fastened tothe leg of tank by tap bol
. The locomotive engineer . s the han-dle is rotated, and the point of cut-off isas closely regulated as any man can wish. Another thing will strike the observingengineman ; the gear in the quadrant canbe easily kept tight, and the worm, beingon a taper, is always tight, doing awaywith the lost motion and chatter of olderdevices. The desired results seem to have beensimply and cheaply reached. The Water Hose Trouble. One of the meanest acting tittle detailsof a locomotive is the water hose fromlender to feed-pipe of ennine. The usualdesign has a goose-neck fastened tothe leg of tank by tap bolls through aflange on said goose-neck ; this is, of neces- sity, very close over front wheel of tendertrucks, and is in the way of air hose, stepsand brake rigging. The working of thebrake works the joint loose, and to tightenit up on the road is next to impossible;in winter the leak covers the wheels andrunning gear of lank in an overcoat ofice ; the hose kinks at its shortest turnand finally breaks there, shutting off the. supply of water; it is stiff and mean toconnect or disconnect, and altogether anundesirable scheme. The B. & O. havethe goose-neck attached outside of tankframe and back of the step; if it leaksa man can get at it by standing on theground ; it requires a little longer hose,but there is no short kink in it ; the brakecannot touch it, and it looks—to a manwho has been lying on his back trying to reach a rusty bolt in a hidden comer,while a stream of water ran down hisarm and froze on his funny bone—like ablessed good thing. Side Rod Cups. The writer recently rode over one lineof road and found the engines well sup-plied with miidern appliances. We talkedwith an en^jineeron a freight consolida-tor, and he was in a slew because some ofthe needle-feeders—glass cups on the siderods—were not doing just right. Wewent right over onto another road whereconsolidators are in use, and rode on one ;there were no cups on the side rods, andnever were, there was onl
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