. Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules . %g. I. should be placed. The deep line (1) shows the firstshovelful of coal to be scattered evenly from the frontpart of the box back to one-third of the distance; cen-ter line (2) shows the second shovelful, to be scatteredfrom a point reached by the first shovelful back tocover two-thirds the length of the box. Lower line(3) shows the third shovelful scattered through therear portion of the box. All should be placed evenlyon one side of the fire-box, leaving
. Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules . %g. I. should be placed. The deep line (1) shows the firstshovelful of coal to be scattered evenly from the frontpart of the box back to one-third of the distance; cen-ter line (2) shows the second shovelful, to be scatteredfrom a point reached by the first shovelful back tocover two-thirds the length of the box. Lower line(3) shows the third shovelful scattered through therear portion of the box. All should be placed evenlyon one side of the fire-box, leaving on the opposite sidea bright, incandescent fire, which consumes the gasesliberated from the fresh fuel. After the fuel has be-come ignited and is burning bright, the next fire willbe placed along the opposite side of the box in thesame manner as previously Fig. 2 shows the short fire-box, firing with the one-shovel system. This figure indicates how the coal LOCOMOTIVE FIRING. should be applied at frequent intervals, one shovel ata time. This method is especially practical on smallpassenger, freight and yard engines. The same systemmay be adopted with the wide fire-box,using the neces-sary number of shovels of coal to cover the fire evenlyon each side of the box alternately. The action of thedraft on the fire usually carries enough fuel to the cen-ter of the grates so that it will not be necessary to ap-ply fresh fuel in the center of the fire-box except in theevent of thin spots or holes being made through thecenter of the fire.
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