. Railway mechanical engineer . at Philadelphia there wereseven B. & O. and one U. S. locomotive frozen, and 15 addi-tional locomotives were out of service for repairs. The New York, New Haven & Hartford was in the worstcondition. On December 31 it was reported that of 1,081locomotives assigned to various divisions, 303 were in shopfor repairs. Power is needed badly. There is a shortageof material for repairs. It was also reported that locomo-tives were leaving terminals without proper repairs, causingdelays en route. Of 60 locomotives assigned to road freightservice on the Hartford division,
. Railway mechanical engineer . at Philadelphia there wereseven B. & O. and one U. S. locomotive frozen, and 15 addi-tional locomotives were out of service for repairs. The New York, New Haven & Hartford was in the worstcondition. On December 31 it was reported that of 1,081locomotives assigned to various divisions, 303 were in shopfor repairs. Power is needed badly. There is a shortageof material for repairs. It was also reported that locomo-tives were leaving terminals without proper repairs, causingdelays en route. Of 60 locomotives assigned to road freightservice on the Hartford division, 22 were in shops. The locomotive situation in the east is relieved somewhat,as now the Russian orders are being held back and 90 to 100of the Russian engines have been taken for use here as wellas about 100 locomotives built for General Pershings armywhich could be spared for a time. Also 165 locomotiveswhich were for the western lines are to remain in the east. Increase Locomotive Operating Efficiency CLEMENT F. STREET. DURIXG the past ten years more improvements havebeen made in the locomotives in use on the railroads ofthis country than in any other equal period sincethe first locomotive was built. The most radical have beenin the dimensions and power, and to-day there are hundredsof them in 5er\-ice which tenyears ago would have beenthought entirely impractical,if not impossible, from eitherstandpoint. Many importantimprovements have also beenmade in designs as well as inthe way of attachments andappliances for increasing theirefficiency, and today they areproducing a horsepower at thedrawbar at a cost in pounds ofcoal which ten years ago wouldhave been considered impos-sible of attainment. The endis not yet, and while ten, andeven twenty, years ago wewould frequently hear that themaximum had been reached inboth power and efficiency, to-day we seldom hear such a re-mark, and many promisingimprovements are under way. We have been reading andhearing much about all ofthese thi
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