. Railway mechanical engineer . ber of broken frames on classes of locomotives nowequipped with this device. These wedges have been run forsix months without touching the adjustment but all of thosewho have had experience with them emphasize the neces-sity of keeping them lubricated. In some cases it is the prac-tice for the inspector to oil the wedge a little before each trip. The difficulty of securing proper attention to the usualtype of wedges on engines in pooled .ser\-icc was pooled service the Canadian Pacific has developed thepractice of giving each engineman a copy of the
. Railway mechanical engineer . ber of broken frames on classes of locomotives nowequipped with this device. These wedges have been run forsix months without touching the adjustment but all of thosewho have had experience with them emphasize the neces-sity of keeping them lubricated. In some cases it is the prac-tice for the inspector to oil the wedge a little before each trip. The difficulty of securing proper attention to the usualtype of wedges on engines in pooled .ser\-icc was pooled service the Canadian Pacific has developed thepractice of giving each engineman a copy of the work re-port turned in by the man who had the locomotive, asa means of developing a more interest in the con-dition of locomotives on the part of the crew. It was alsosuggested that excellent results might be obtained if eachengine man were given a copy of his work report, showingthe conditions actually found in the roundhouse. Thiswould tend to correct habitually wrong diagnoses on thepart of the General Virzv East Pu!r N. Y. C. Steel Car Shop at East Buffalo Capacity of Building with Latest Additions 236 Cars;Overhead Cranes Eliminate Need for Material Tracks The; New York Central maintains at East Buffalo, NewYork, the largest freight car shop on the system andprobably one of the largest in this country devotedprimarily to the repairing of freight cars. The original shoperected in 1865 has been greatly enlarged, extensive addi-tions having been built in 1910 and in 1919. At presentthe buildings have a capacity of 218 freight and 18 passengercars while the adjoining repair tracks provide space for 170 in 1910, both of which are used for repairing wooden cars,and the new shop for steel car work built in 1919. Thewooden car department covers an area of 275 ft. by 600 the steelshop is 275 ft. wide and 400 ft. long. Ad-joining the erecting shop on the east side is a brick building605 ft. long and 85 and 110 ft. wide in which are locatedthe
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