. American engineer and railroad journal . ironwas used. The staybolts are % Inch in diameter except thefour upper rows on the side sheets, which are 1 inch in diam-eter, and all staybolts are spaced 4 inches centers. Theseengines carry 180 pounds of steam. I estimate that we will have to replace more than 20,000staybolts during the year 1900. Some of these bolts, whichare easy of access, can be put in at a cost not to exceed $,while others will cost $ apiece, due to the labor of takingdown and replacing such parts as the reverse lever quadrant,springs and spring rigging, etc. This ma
. American engineer and railroad journal . ironwas used. The staybolts are % Inch in diameter except thefour upper rows on the side sheets, which are 1 inch in diam-eter, and all staybolts are spaced 4 inches centers. Theseengines carry 180 pounds of steam. I estimate that we will have to replace more than 20,000staybolts during the year 1900. Some of these bolts, whichare easy of access, can be put in at a cost not to exceed $,while others will cost $ apiece, due to the labor of takingdown and replacing such parts as the reverse lever quadrant,springs and spring rigging, etc. This matter of broken stay-bolts has become so serious that we were obliged to devisesome method of reducing the cost of renewals and avoid throw-ing the engines out of service every thirty days to make theserenewals, and we have settled upon these flexible staybolts asthe remedy for the evil. Not one staybolt out of five thou-sand is fotind broken next to the firebox sheet; they are invari- jANCARr, 1900. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. Pg- _ Fig. 2 1:! Tliro»J. U, r D OuwMo shell or Fig. 4
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