. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ivets that are being driven on theinside, and, by means of the slotted bar, itcan be moved along the line of rivet holesby the rivet boy, using a wooden maul todrive it along. By keeping the iron ham-mer on outside end of rivet makes it verysolid driving, as the steel spring handleallows it to bound back and forth as theboilermaker strikes the rivet. It is muchbetter than a man holding, as it is strongerand its strength more uniform. It is com-pLised of a bar of iron, Ix4-inch, with a i fjr tracks. We ha
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ivets that are being driven on theinside, and, by means of the slotted bar, itcan be moved along the line of rivet holesby the rivet boy, using a wooden maul todrive it along. By keeping the iron ham-mer on outside end of rivet makes it verysolid driving, as the steel spring handleallows it to bound back and forth as theboilermaker strikes the rivet. It is muchbetter than a man holding, as it is strongerand its strength more uniform. It is com-pLised of a bar of iron, Ix4-inch, with a i fjr tracks. We have heard the statementmade that it takes the freight cara longer time to pass through the Buffaloyards than it takes to go from Chicago toBuffalo. It certainly takes most cars long-er to get through the yards at the end ofa division than it took them to get overthe division. This is the real point in needof radical reform. Direct more attentionto the points where cars spend most oftheir time in the course of a journey, andthere will be no demand for faster freight-train ing against wedge bar while riveting onhalf side sheets in fireboxes. It is simplein its make up and does very good woik,taking the place of an extra helper. It is slot lengthways, and handle made of steel,forged down in middle to give it hammer part is a piece of axle 4% x 9inches, tapered off at end, and spring-steelangle irons slotted to bolt on through stay-bolt holes at each end of long bar, thehandle part that rests on slotted bar havinga .shoulder 24 inches square, and a flangecap resting on top of bar, to keep slot fromspreading, the part projecting through slotbeing f{K2% inches, fastened by a steelkey underneath bar, as shown in our en-graving. s i i . Car Mileage. With the increase of freight business, wealready hear notes of the demand that themotive power department accelerate thespeed of freight trains, in order that carsmay be returned more promptly for reload-ing. This
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