. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n was they were afraid to beshut in and killed in case of a man, to whom I afterwards fired,Pat Fagan, took her, and in a few daysevery engineer wanted a cab on his engine The only cab that I ever saw, or heardof, was on an engine built by Ross Wi-nans about 1856 for passenger service onthe P. & R. R. R.; it was called cab was on a platform in front ofthe smoke box, thus giving the engineeran uninterrupted view not only ahead buton both sides. If by any chance therewas an obstruction of any kind on theother track Celestes engin
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n was they were afraid to beshut in and killed in case of a man, to whom I afterwards fired,Pat Fagan, took her, and in a few daysevery engineer wanted a cab on his engine The only cab that I ever saw, or heardof, was on an engine built by Ross Wi-nans about 1856 for passenger service onthe P. & R. R. R.; it was called cab was on a platform in front ofthe smoke box, thus giving the engineeran uninterrupted view not only ahead buton both sides. If by any chance therewas an obstruction of any kind on theother track Celestes engineer would beapt to see it, and warn the man on hisway of the danger ahead. On Englishrailways also, I am told, trains run on the March, 1912. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 85 right hand track, but the engineer hashis place on the left side of the is also the same with carriages andheavy teams. In this country the driversof heavy mountain teams ride the nearor left-hand horse. E. J. Rauch. Neiv York, N. Y. Zl«=«0. OF AIR SLEDGE. Air Sledge. Editor: Attached is a drawing showing a home-made air sledge which is constructedfrom a 4-in. pipe about 2 ft. in lengthand operated by a globe valve furnishedwith a lever-operated valve, which givesquick opening to the air inlet and auto-matically closes by a spring attached un-der the handle. This sledge has proveditself to be very effective in removing re-fractory bolts, and is much valued by themen of the wrecking crew, as it has beenvery effective in removing draw-bar pinswhere the tender and engine were jammedtogether. The device has the double meritof being simple in construction and op-eration. \rles Markel. Shop Foreman C. & N. W. R. R. Clinton, la. Lubricating Valves and : The accompanying print shows the gen-eral arrangement and principal details ofa device, recently patented, for the suc-cessful lubrication of valves and cylindersof locomotives using superheated steam. All locomotive r
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