. Railway mechanical engineer . rature which willbe above the fusing point, and the substantially completeremoval of the ash in this form thereby effected. One of the questions which heretofore has frequently beenasked is relative to the slagging of the tubes from fusedash adhering thereto, and forming an objectionable coatingon the exposed surfaces. During the three days when theseboilers were under observation there was no sign of any for-mation of this nature. Reclamation on the Southern Pacific A Description of the Extensive Salvage Work Donein the Largest Railroad Shop on the Pacific Coas
. Railway mechanical engineer . rature which willbe above the fusing point, and the substantially completeremoval of the ash in this form thereby effected. One of the questions which heretofore has frequently beenasked is relative to the slagging of the tubes from fusedash adhering thereto, and forming an objectionable coatingon the exposed surfaces. During the three days when theseboilers were under observation there was no sign of any for-mation of this nature. Reclamation on the Southern Pacific A Description of the Extensive Salvage Work Donein the Largest Railroad Shop on the Pacific Coast BY FRANK A. STANLEYII IX the first installment of this article reference was made tothe reclamation at the scrap docks of the Sacramentoshops of many such items as bolts, oil box covers, shoeand wedge lining, washers, valves, and numerous other partsthat admit of being put into serviceable condition and are,therefore, in a class distinctive from the material that isactually scrapped and sent to the foundry, mill and forge for. Fig. 13—Sorted Bolts Ready for working into castings and stock for fresh material. Thesorting out of parts suitable for immediate reclamation is aprocess that is carried on with as great a degree of celerityas possible and as rapidly as any group of bolts, covers orother pieces is accumulated in sufficient numljers the partsare run through the necessary operations to make them suit-able for storing and issuing as required. Thus, in Fig. , a number of piles of bolts and nuts arerepresented as .sorted for reclaiming, an undertaking accom-plished by the simple operations of cutting off the wornthreaded ends, straightening the body, rethreading, and inthe case of the nuts, retapping. The principal bolt shop isnaturally located in the main shops and where bolts and nutsare overhauled in great quantities much of the work is sentthere from the reclamation docks. BOX COVERS, SHOES AXD WEDGES Tlie pile of parts in Fig. 14 is a portion of a consi
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