. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . inthe engraving herewith. It is one ofMaster Mechanic Stewarts schemes at theHuntington shops, original there, and, afar as we know, not in use on any otherroad than the Chesapeake & Ohio. It consists of a wooden frame gottenup on the general lines of a saw table, ex-cept that it has an open top, which isfilled in with a series of wooden bars lJ4inches square, which are supported on across-bar at each end of the machine, andeach bar held down by a small coiled LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. Standard Hight of Dr
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . inthe engraving herewith. It is one ofMaster Mechanic Stewarts schemes at theHuntington shops, original there, and, afar as we know, not in use on any otherroad than the Chesapeake & Ohio. It consists of a wooden frame gottenup on the general lines of a saw table, ex-cept that it has an open top, which isfilled in with a series of wooden bars lJ4inches square, which are supported on across-bar at each end of the machine, andeach bar held down by a small coiled LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. Standard Hight of Drawbars onFreight Cars. The fog that has long enveloped theexact import of the in trui tions referringto the hight of drawbar-., as named bvthe American Railway Association, has at last lifted, as will bi een by thi follow-ing circular under date of February 23,1897, recently received from Mr. Mosely. ecretary of the InterstateCommerce Commission, Washington, : Attention having been called to anapparent mi undei landing among manyof the carriers engaged in interstate com-. Locomotiue Kngwa TinQHI ST EXTRACTOR. spring. On top of the bars is a fine slat-work to carry the seat and frame. There is a pulley at each end of the ma-chine, actuating a shaft on which is placeda series of small collars having three lugsof equal length on the periphery, whoseprovince is to kick the bars and seat up-ward, and cause as much unrest in themechanism as possible. The collars areplaced on the two shafts so as to time theraising of the bars with an utter disregardto uniformity of movement, as will be seenby reference to the engraving. The motionis decidedly serpentine, and is likely tocause sea-sickness to any one who tries totrace its devious ways, but it knocks thedust out of the seat and springs, and thusaccomplishes the purpose for which it wasbuilt. merce as to the precise meaning of lan-guage used by the American Railway As-sociation, acting under authority con-ferred by section 5 o
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