. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . CRACKED DRAWBARS PREPARED FOR WELDING, VIRGINIAN DAMAGED COUPLERS AWAITING REPAIRS, RECLAMATION PLANT, VIRGINIANRAILROAD. the cylinders a pressure of about 50,000lbs. is obtained on the plunger. This press is used for straightening thecoupler shanks already referred to, andother heavy bars and material. It is alsoequipped with a traveling hoist the run-way of which is shown at 11. in the en-graving. The character of some of the miscel-laneous material reclaimed is shown inthe illus
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . CRACKED DRAWBARS PREPARED FOR WELDING, VIRGINIAN DAMAGED COUPLERS AWAITING REPAIRS, RECLAMATION PLANT, VIRGINIANRAILROAD. the cylinders a pressure of about 50,000lbs. is obtained on the plunger. This press is used for straightening thecoupler shanks already referred to, andother heavy bars and material. It is alsoequipped with a traveling hoist the run-way of which is shown at 11. in the en-graving. The character of some of the miscel-laneous material reclaimed is shown inthe illustration of the plant. In this I. isthe shed; K. the straightening press andL. one of the heating furnaces alreadyalluded to. The welding by oxy-acctylene is oneen the chief money saving industries ofthe plant. In addition to the couplers ofwhich there are about on hand to berepaired, and of which also the road usesabout 200 a month, a great deal of mis-cellaneous work is done. Some of thiseffects a very great saving. One of the• items of saving is that of re-locomotive cylinders, where the ccist if welding runs from $35 to $75 whilethat of a new cy
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