. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 5->tJ-. U/vc iJWinet/i^iS ^Y. In Moscow, \. same plane as those found in Scotch shopsthirty years ago. The machine shop and erecting shop areiinder one roof. There are some goodcranes for lifting heavy weights, but thelabor-saving appliances are remarkablyscarce. There was very well finished workturned out, but the skill of the workmendeserved the whole credit. The machinetools are all antiquated, and consist princi-pally of lathes, planers and drill presses. Ifthe chief engineer in charge ther
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 5->tJ-. U/vc iJWinet/i^iS ^Y. In Moscow, \. same plane as those found in Scotch shopsthirty years ago. The machine shop and erecting shop areiinder one roof. There are some goodcranes for lifting heavy weights, but thelabor-saving appliances are remarkablyscarce. There was very well finished workturned out, but the skill of the workmendeserved the whole credit. The machinetools are all antiquated, and consist princi-pally of lathes, planers and drill presses. Ifthe chief engineer in charge there couldvisit some of our good shops, or even someof those in German}-, he might go homeand introduce a revolution into his shopthat would reduce the cost of production25 per cent. But revolutions are not popu-lar under the Russian rule, and workmenare not dear as numbers go ; so I supposethey will continue on in the even tenor oftheir way, neglecting tools but cultivatingskill among the mechanics. I expected to find traces of the stampthat Winans and other American designershad put upon Russian rolling stock, butthere
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