. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . of knowledge flowing from thisschool, wc would advise them to send forthis endorsement pamphlet. The record of the Nickel Plate Roadduring the recent period of industrial de-pression has been remarkable, and itspeaks most eloquently of the conserva-tive judgment of its managers. For thisroad has made great and steady progressin the material improvement of its road-way and transportation appliances, and inperfecting its equipment. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. A New Rod Cup. This cup has been given the name ofB
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . of knowledge flowing from thisschool, wc would advise them to send forthis endorsement pamphlet. The record of the Nickel Plate Roadduring the recent period of industrial de-pression has been remarkable, and itspeaks most eloquently of the conserva-tive judgment of its managers. For thisroad has made great and steady progressin the material improvement of its road-way and transportation appliances, and inperfecting its equipment. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. A New Rod Cup. This cup has been given the name ofBull Dog, from its holding-on quali-ties; one of its strong points being that itcannot lose itself or any part of it, with-out a smashup or the gentle persuasion ofa sledge hammer. After the cup has beenbolted down to strap, the small dowel pinD is driven home through hole in head ofscrew and cuts its way into the brass. Thehole is then riveted over enough to pre-vent pin working out, fastening the cupsecurely to the strap. There is no top section to lose, and April. 18 THE TIME TO Locomotlrf Eiiyiiieerhtg DOG OIL CDP. the feeding plug and feeder cannot jarloose. The feeder works automatically, and ison the principle of a pump, the rod beingmoved at every revolution of the proper lift of the feed rod is deter-mined by the makers, and the top of feed-er rod is ease-hardened to prevent beingfiled off or tampered with. The cup is also made for solid end rods,and is made by the E. F. Gibbs Company,Cincinnati, O. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincyhave had considerable trouble from leakystaybolts on engines standing in theirroundhouses with the stacks under thesmoke jackets. On boilers, after dump-ing fires, the steam pressure dropped from95 to 25 pounds pressure in three hours,owing to the cold air drawing throughthe jack stack flues and firebox. Whena cover board is put on top of the stacks,the engines similarly situated as in theforegoing, the pressure dropped
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