. Railway mechanical engineer . ained in their efforts to save fuel. This is a partof the newly developed plan of division fuel committee or-ganization on the Southern Pacific System. During the convention Harrington Emmerson distributedto the members copies of a summary of the Interstate Com-merce Commission railway fuel report for 1920 which hehad prepared showing the costs of the various kinds of fuelon an equated heat unit basis. On recommendation of the Committee on Constitutionand By-Laws, the annual dues of the association were raised$1 a year. The following officers were elected for th
. Railway mechanical engineer . ained in their efforts to save fuel. This is a partof the newly developed plan of division fuel committee or-ganization on the Southern Pacific System. During the convention Harrington Emmerson distributedto the members copies of a summary of the Interstate Com-merce Commission railway fuel report for 1920 which hehad prepared showing the costs of the various kinds of fuelon an equated heat unit basis. On recommendation of the Committee on Constitutionand By-Laws, the annual dues of the association were raised$1 a year. The following officers were elected for the coming year:President, W. L. Robinson (B. & O.); vice-presidents, J. (Southern Pacific), M. A. Daly (Northern Pacific),and W. J. Bohan (Northern Pacific); members of the Ex-ecutive Committee: H. T. Bentley (C. & N. W.), D. (Wabash), C. M. Butler (A. C. L.), J. (Illinois Central), Joseph Keller (Lehigh Valley), and Hu^ (Big Four). Chicago was chosen as the place for the next The 100-Car Demonstration Train Rounding a Curve on the New River Virginian Demonstration of Double-Capacity Brake Train of 16,000 Tons Handled Down Per CentGrade; Close Speed Regulation—Low Air Consumption ALL records for the operation of a heavy train down along grade were shattered on May 25, when there washandled from Princeton, W. Va., eastward to Roanoke,Va., on the Third district of the Virginian Railway, a trainof 100 loaded 120-ton cars of coal aggregating 16,000 grosstons. This train was a test train run to demonstrate whatcould be done with the new 120-ton cars and the doublecapacity brakes used by the Virginian Railway. It marksthe latest step in the progress towards heavier train loadingwhich has characterized the operations of the Virginian sinceits inception. The Virginian Railways theory of operation is stated inthe following words: The more loads you haul in. one tripthe less trips youll have to make. The road was built withthat idea in m
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