. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at highspeeds on steep descending grades. TheNorth-Eastcrn Railway Company recentlyconducted a series of important trials onits lines, which at one point attains an ele-vation of 1,800 feet above sea level, and isone of the steepest sections of railway inthe United Kingdom. Forty hea^vy coal cars comprised thetrain, each car being equipped with West-inghouse rapid-acting brake apparatus, the 6Z u §a^ 8^ Sailway ^ LoeumutUe Enyinttring AUTOMATIC OILING DEVICE FOR AIR CYLINDER OF AIR PUMP MOUNT
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . at highspeeds on steep descending grades. TheNorth-Eastcrn Railway Company recentlyconducted a series of important trials onits lines, which at one point attains an ele-vation of 1,800 feet above sea level, and isone of the steepest sections of railway inthe United Kingdom. Forty hea^vy coal cars comprised thetrain, each car being equipped with West-inghouse rapid-acting brake apparatus, the 6Z u §a^ 8^ Sailway ^ LoeumutUe Enyinttring AUTOMATIC OILING DEVICE FOR AIR CYLINDER OF AIR PUMP MOUNTED ON PUMP. air pressure being operated from the en-gine. Despite high speed, unfavorableclimatic conditions and traveling on thedown grade, the train was brought to astand in a very short distance, the appli-cation of power on both front and rearwheels of the train being practically simul-taneous. The trials were conducted under thesupervision of the leading officers of theNorth-Eastern Railway and representa-tives of the Westinghouse Brake Com-pany, and are said to have been ANOTHER ECHO OF THE AIR-BRAKECONVENTION. ADMIRAL AND COM-MODORE OF THE FLEET. COUR-TESY OF MRS. JOHN HUME, JR. Break-in-Twos Due to Burst Hose. Some years ago when trains breakingin twos gave a great deal of trouble, thecause was commonly assigned to thebursting of air hose. In recent years,however, the cause has been shifted todefective uncoupling parts of the auto-matic coupler, where it undoubtedly moreproperly belongs. It has been found inmany cases in every-day service that tooshort a chain is frequently placed on thecoupler in making repairs, and when thetrain gets in motion and the draft springsare compressed, the short chain will causethe coupling pin to be lifted and theknuckle to become uncoupled. Doubt-less a great many break-in-twos arewrongfully placed on the air brake, whenthey should be more properly assigned toshort uncoupling chains. Since the defective parts of the
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