. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ption alone. It is, infact, quite impossible to combine the twoconditions; and the sooner they aretreated as two entirely separate affairs, thebetter it will be for all concerned. Notlong ago, we remember losing time with-out any apparent cause on an importantGreat Western express. We applied to thedriver for an explanation. His answerspoke volumes: Why, sir, we arc paid to coal premiums is a mistake, and requiresa great improvement and alteration. The statement contained in your arti-cle, that time is l
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ption alone. It is, infact, quite impossible to combine the twoconditions; and the sooner they aretreated as two entirely separate affairs, thebetter it will be for all concerned. Notlong ago, we remember losing time with-out any apparent cause on an importantGreat Western express. We applied to thedriver for an explanation. His answerspoke volumes: Why, sir, we arc paid to coal premiums is a mistake, and requiresa great improvement and alteration. The statement contained in your arti-cle, that time is lost on many occasionsin order to save coal, is perfectly true. Itis equally well-known that when trainsare a few minutes behind time, it wouldbe an advantage if a driver were to pickup a minute or two on the journey; butthe coal premium prevents his doing so. A still more important point, however,comes to light with reference to double-engine running. There are very manyinstances daily in which the trains aremade up to the exact number of coacheswhich entitles a driver to take a second. of Great Western express trains losingtime, an editorial writer in Engineeringsays: We are convinced that the true reason(of losing time) lies not with the engines,which are perfectly capable of doing thework that is required of them, but is a di-rect result of the stupid system of award-ing premiums for the consumption ofcoal. Theoretically, no doubt, the systemis admirable; a man is awarded the sumof £io at the end of the year if he has con-sumed not more than a certain numberof pounds of coal per mile—provided al-ways that his conduct has been exemp-lary. Now, under the head of conduct,the question of keeping booked time isconsidered, and the company say that aman cannot obtain his premium unlesshe has kept time with his train. But itis possible for a driver to account forevery single minute dropped by pleading OLD B. & O. ENGINES—TftE JIUD lose time on this line; I want to earn
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