. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n was sufficient tostart the rear portion in motion, whichcaused a second collision with the loco-motive of the second section. The resultof these two collisions was that four draw-heads were broken, together with thebumper beam and headlight of the loco-motive of the second section. The brakebeam upon the caboose was broken and tern to distinguish the new from the author makes no weakening apologiesfor his first book in introducing his latest,as authors frequently do, but plainly andsensibly sta
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . n was sufficient tostart the rear portion in motion, whichcaused a second collision with the loco-motive of the second section. The resultof these two collisions was that four draw-heads were broken, together with thebumper beam and headlight of the loco-motive of the second section. The brakebeam upon the caboose was broken and tern to distinguish the new from the author makes no weakening apologiesfor his first book in introducing his latest,as authors frequently do, but plainly andsensibly states his desire to bring up todate a book which has now been on themarket four years. The original text hasbeen rearranged and considerable newmatter added, including an introductorychapter of elementary character, a chapteron recent apparatus not treated in theDiseases of the Air-Brakc System, andan appendix on train signal diseases. Theprice of the book remains the same, $ your case, then apply theremedy, and Use reason first and handsafterwards are phrases originally coined. FIG. I. VIEW UK IIIE NICKEL i . IXSTRUCIIuN C.\R. sure for a service application caused aquick action application of all. But withcareful handling of the slack of the train,this quick action application was keptfrom doing injury to draft gear. Butfinally the train parted between theeleventh and twelfth cars. The engine-man gave the proper whistle signal andmoved on out of the way of the rear endof the train. The rear portion was stoppedby the hand brakes, and a second sectionof the train, which followed, was stoppedso that the locomotive stood some 40 or 50feet behind the caboose of the first engineman of the first sectionbacked the forward portion of his train,and upon nearing the rear portion he ap-plied the air brakes with a light reductionof train-pipe air pressure. As in previous the rear axle was sprung so that the rearwheels of the caboose had to be
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