. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Taper Pin Jiocotnotivt i^nff%neering EXHAUST DAMPER, BOSTON & MAINE. 400 LOCOMOTIVE Echoes of the Boston Con\ention ofAir Brake-Men. Ninety-seven members answered rollcall. Snappy work and harmony character-ized all sessions. The association has a membership oftwo hundred and forty-two. The success of the convention exceededthe most sanguine expectations. One session, beginning at 9 A. M. andending at I P. M., was held each day. Dat skurzhun t Plymout wuz a bute.—Danny Dxtgan. That an air b
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Taper Pin Jiocotnotivt i^nff%neering EXHAUST DAMPER, BOSTON & MAINE. 400 LOCOMOTIVE Echoes of the Boston Con\ention ofAir Brake-Men. Ninety-seven members answered rollcall. Snappy work and harmony character-ized all sessions. The association has a membership oftwo hundred and forty-two. The success of the convention exceededthe most sanguine expectations. One session, beginning at 9 A. M. andending at I P. M., was held each day. Dat skurzhun t Plymout wuz a bute.—Danny Dxtgan. That an air brake man is a crank wasdemonstrated by the large attendance atall sessions. The large attendance shows that an in-creased interest is being taken in air-brake service. As a rule, the papers were so completeas to preclude lengthy and tedious dis-cussion. Veteran S. L. Hawks, of the Chicago& Alton Railroad, was present, and gavethe youngsters an interesting talk. The air-brake men seem to have thehappy faculty of speaking to the pointand sitting down when they are through. It was noticed that better results werehad on roads where the air-brake man isgiven authority and is held
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