. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lliancy of the fixedsignal lamps. It would also dispense-with signal failures on account of lampsnot burning. It also promotes safety,as position of arm is the safest indica-tion and the least liable to failure. Itrbeing much larger than a lamp it re-duces the liability of passing it un-observed. Div. 323. J]i!kiiisburg. Good Work by : Enclosed yru will find a picture ofPennsylvania engine Xo. 5166. that hasjust had a general overhauling at theP. B. & W. shops at Wilmington.
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lliancy of the fixedsignal lamps. It would also dispense-with signal failures on account of lampsnot burning. It also promotes safety,as position of arm is the safest indica-tion and the least liable to failure. Itrbeing much larger than a lamp it re-duces the liability of passing it un-observed. Div. 323. J]i!kiiisburg. Good Work by : Enclosed yru will find a picture ofPennsylvania engine Xo. 5166. that hasjust had a general overhauling at theP. B. & W. shops at Wilmington. this engine was taken into the shopshe was what we call \. with the February, igio. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 59 slide valve motion, and thty changed herto what we call with theWalschaerts valve motion. The work was done by eight apprenticeboys with the assistance of iheir worthy a piece of brass and turn one end downand screw -js in.; bore a 3/16 in. holethrough for oil to feed. Bore out the top (44 in. diani.)small holes round I in. deep;the bottom put 6so oil. foreman, Mr. L. P. B. Faust and his as-sistant, Mr. J. F. Feeney. The boysnames are, reading from the left, H. , F. J. Thompson, (Fore-man) L. P. B. Faust, (Assistant) J. , F. \V. Lewis, C. \. Marshall, , T. Lajman, W. W. Rice and This engine is a great creditto these boys, for after she had a was put into through service, andhas not lost a trip. I hope you can tinda place in the February issue for thispicture and contents. F. W. Lewis,Locomotive Inspector,P. B. & W. , Del. Self-Closing Oil Cup for Guides. Editor: It is a well known fact that the con-sumption of oil on a railway is a se-rious item. It is necessary that itshould be closely watched in order toavoid waste as much as possible. 1have noticed engines arrive at theroundhouse with oil drop[>ing on theguide bars, owing to the needle notbring closed down. The oil
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