. American engineer and railroad journal . April, 1909 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JUI K . \ 13 photos have been constructed. If il is necessary to empty thesand box the tank is winId alongside the engine. The andpipe is disconnected and the sand is run from the sand box onthe locomotive into the lank through the rubber hose, as shownin tiic illustration below. The rubber hose is then disconnectedand a nipple with a ;i in. rut out cock is screwed into the holein the tank through which the rubber hose emptied the EMPTYING SAND FROM SAND BOX INTO TANK. When the repairs have been com
. American engineer and railroad journal . April, 1909 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JUI K . \ 13 photos have been constructed. If il is necessary to empty thesand box the tank is winId alongside the engine. The andpipe is disconnected and the sand is run from the sand box onthe locomotive into the lank through the rubber hose, as shownin tiic illustration below. The rubber hose is then disconnectedand a nipple with a ;i in. rut out cock is screwed into the holein the tank through which the rubber hose emptied the EMPTYING SAND FROM SAND BOX INTO TANK. When the repairs have been completed the hose, which con-nects with a cast iron straight-way plug valve at the center ofthe head of the tank, is connected with the top of the sand boxby means of a 1% in. pipe, which in the illustration above is shownstanding alongside of the tank at the rear in an upright pipe is securely held in place by a clamp, attached to thehand rail. A i]4 pipe, connecting with the plug valve, extendsto within about 54 in. of the bottom of the tank. By connectingthe 34 m. cut-out cock with the compressed air line and allow-ing the air to enter the tank the sand may be quickly forcedback up into the sand box. The sand tank is 26 x 40 in. in size and of practically the samedesign as a main reservoir. A small amount of sand remainsheaped around the side of the tank at the bottom, but this couldbe done away with by either shaping the bottom of the tank sothat all the sand would run to the center, or by filling it
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