. Railway mechanical engineer . rly retaiiiedin place when repairs are being made, and careful inspectionis to be made to see that they are properly maintained. Cars built after October 1, 1914, and prior to January 11917 will not be accepted in interchange unless equippedwith either the No. 1 or the No, 2 M. C. B. brakebeam, a!indicated by the light weight of the car; the No. 1 beam musnot be used on cars having a light weight in excess of 35,UUllb Cars built after January 1, 1917, or cars receiving gencral repairs after October 1, 1918, must be equipped witlmetal brakebeams of not less than
. Railway mechanical engineer . rly retaiiiedin place when repairs are being made, and careful inspectionis to be made to see that they are properly maintained. Cars built after October 1, 1914, and prior to January 11917 will not be accepted in interchange unless equippedwith either the No. 1 or the No, 2 M. C. B. brakebeam, a!indicated by the light weight of the car; the No. 1 beam musnot be used on cars having a light weight in excess of 35,UUllb Cars built after January 1, 1917, or cars receiving gencral repairs after October 1, 1918, must be equipped witlmetal brakebeams of not less than the capacity of the No. -M C B , or stronger, as the conditions may require. All of the M. C. B. brakebeams referred to shall have th^letters M. C. B. and proper number plainly stamped or cason the strut, as required by the specification. _ After October 1, 1920, cars will not be accepted in imerchange unless equipped with all metal brakebeams. °[^^^:^^° ° ^„.°,°,°,° ^Qg^QQaBBG a-a B^B B HB-B g^ma-m-^ bmUUlULlHBQBBBBEE. BaE]E]BBEaBBi:ijaH[iJOjZjBE]a[LaaBEia aaBaHBaaQj r.^,;.-; [;;_-; I .^ ^ a a SHOP SCHEDULING VS. OLD-FASHIONEDMETHODS BY SUPERVISOR The question is often asked, What is the difference be-tween running a locomotive repair shop with a schedule sys-tem or in the regular way as usually done? It may beanswered as follows: The old-fashioned method of getting output from a rail-road shop was to bring in engines until the shop was asfull as possible. In a transverse shop with 25 stalls, twosmall engines were placed on some stalls, blocking or cramp-ing the passage ways at the front and rear of other engines,crowding in, say 35 a longitudinal shop withaccommodations for 25 en-gines on two outside tracks,five or six engines would beput on the central or wheelingand transfer track, blockingthe passage of wheels and en-gines going out. Also enginesare crowded in so closely to-gether on all three tracks that spaces between them are nar-rowed or closed e
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