. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . this reservoir,as required by the rules, the accidentwould have been avoided. Fig. 2 shows a crosshead which failedwhile in service, causing the instant deathof a conductor. An old crack had de-veloped in the piston rod fit, and an at-tempt had been made to repair it by autog-enous welding. The crosshead brokewhile the locomotive was in service,causing the front cylinder head to beIcnocked out, and flying parts happened tostrike the conductor, causing his method of repairing parts
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . this reservoir,as required by the rules, the accidentwould have been avoided. Fig. 2 shows a crosshead which failedwhile in service, causing the instant deathof a conductor. An old crack had de-veloped in the piston rod fit, and an at-tempt had been made to repair it by autog-enous welding. The crosshead brokewhile the locomotive was in service,causing the front cylinder head to beIcnocked out, and flying parts happened tostrike the conductor, causing his method of repairing parts of thelocomotive which are subject to great strains and shocks illustrates the extremesto wliich it is being carried in many in-stances, and again shows that suchmethods of repair should be restricted toparts where injury or death will not resultihrdugh their failure. it was made evident that if a proper in-spection had been made this accidentcould have been avoided. The safetychains between the locomotive and tenderat the time the drawbar broke allowed thelocomotive and tender to separate, which. FIG. 3. OF A CRYSTALLIZED DRAW BAR. Fig. 3 shows a drawbar whicli failed,causing the instant death of one companys records showed that thisdrawbar had been removed and annealed16 days prior to accident: however, ourinvestigation disclosed that the materialwas badly crystallized where it broke, and is conclusive evidence that they were notof ample strength, as required by the lawand rules, and this accident again forciblyillustrates the importance of properly con-•structing, inspecting and maintaining suchparts, and cannot be too strongly im-pressed upon all concerned. Some Properties of Boiler Tubes Scientific Investigation as to the Causes of Failure Because of the failure of the tubes in abattery of Stirling boilers of the DetroitEdison Co., Prof. Albert E. White madean investigation into the causes therefor,the results of which he gave in a paperpresented to t
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