. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilroad. It was awaj OUt inIowa on a short hue called the ChiClinton & Western, an overloaded namethat was popularly shortened with ThePlug. The track had been laid upon thevirgin prairie without surfacing ami itwas decidedly uneven, especially after gested i ai; hut m-ver a hard I i I • nit- i ■ .1 against the engineeror 1I1 irked for. Tourist -ion with ■ ii .n the subji ■ t of 1ing a i an n -so you would adviseii I in. ! by tin- Sunday in order to catch the boM
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilroad. It was awaj OUt inIowa on a short hue called the ChiClinton & Western, an overloaded namethat was popularly shortened with ThePlug. The track had been laid upon thevirgin prairie without surfacing ami itwas decidedly uneven, especially after gested i ai; hut m-ver a hard I i I • nit- i ■ .1 against the engineeror 1I1 irked for. Tourist -ion with ■ ii .n the subji ■ t of 1ing a i an n -so you would adviseii I in. ! by tin- Sunday in order to catch the boMonday morning .11 !y )—Ah would advisi 11. n ta< the Saw- hath; Inn all .11 1 repeal —if ye wait tillthe Monday yell nae get the connec-tion Punch. The Enginemen Accused Unjustly. When improved conditions are de-manded in engine service the tendencyis to go fur the enginemen and com-plain of them for inferior service, whenperhaps badly designed engines ar-Iv t blame, pn a well-known v. ■trunk line, locomotives were used withboilers so -mall that washing out had. FIRST ENGINE FIRED BY ANGUS SINCLAIR. wet weather (hie day when passingthrough a cutting noted for its bottom-less character, the tender of Sinclairsengine jumped the track. He proceededat once to get the wheels back uponthe rails, thinking, Now I am in for itfrom the passengers. To his astonish-ment several of the passengers came andvolunteered their assistance and cheer-fully toiled in the mud. while others satupon the bank and cracked jokes sug- done at the end of each trip. Anew superintendent of motive powerbeing appointed, he investigated thecause .r necessity for so much wash-ing out and decided that the boilers inuse had too small steam and watercapacity. Engines with big boilerswere then introduced, and they wouldrun two thousand miles between wash-ings. The service was much improvedby this change. 478 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November, K RiSvcEnsineerins A Practical J
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