. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . el wire cable sling, goodfor 60 tons and about 25 feet long, whichis made with an eye at each end. Thedouble hook is slipped into main hookand both the eyes of the wire sling arethen dropped in place on the doublehook and the sling hoisted until it car- Oil Burners for Boston and Halne. Among the recent orders received bythe American Locomotive Company atSchenectady for locomotives to be builtat the local works is one of twelve en-gines for the Boston & Albany simple oil-burning eng
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . el wire cable sling, goodfor 60 tons and about 25 feet long, whichis made with an eye at each end. Thedouble hook is slipped into main hookand both the eyes of the wire sling arethen dropped in place on the doublehook and the sling hoisted until it car- Oil Burners for Boston and Halne. Among the recent orders received bythe American Locomotive Company atSchenectady for locomotives to be builtat the local works is one of twelve en-gines for the Boston & Albany simple oil-burning engines of theNorthwestern type are being built forthe San Pedro, Los Angeles and SaltLake Railroad. They are for Augustdelivery. The locomotives are to weigh157,000 pounds each, with 90,000 poundson the drivers, which are to be 70 inchesin diameter; cylinders, 19x26 boilers will be of the straight-toptype, 66M, inches in diameter at thesmallest ring, with 326 tubes 16 feet longand two inches in diameter, to stand aworking pressure of 200 pounds. Thetender will have a water capacity of. Itailway ^ tyc^mofiia EnffinMring DOUBI^E CRANE HOOK FOR LIFTING ENGINES AT FRONT END. ries the smoke box of the engine whichit is intended to lift. The back end ofthe locomotive is lifted in the usual waywith top equalizing beam, two hangersand heavy carrying bar which passesunder the foot plate. The double hook for the cable slingis made of soft steel, and the whole ar-rangement is regarded as one of thehandiest and quickest methods for tak-ing hold of the front end in a lift. Theshop people are not prevented from tack-ling a hot front-end when necessary, asthe steel sling does not take any harm,as a hemp rope might, from surroundinga hot smoke box. The two eyes anddouble hook together reduce the timeoccupied in taking hold of an engineto its lowest terms, as well as being asafe method. The whole thing has littleor no wear, and can be readily hung upout of the way when not in use.
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