. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . oes not cost any more to put thebrakes on cars in this way, and that it getsrid of several troubles and makes thebrakes so much more efficient, willhardly fail to appeal to most railroadmanagers. i @ i The Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts-burg, in their shops at Columbus. C,are building three baggage cars withoutplatforms. If the change works success-fully, it is the intention of taking the plat-form off baggage cars belonging to thecompany. The Master Car Builders As-sociation have favored the building
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . oes not cost any more to put thebrakes on cars in this way, and that it getsrid of several troubles and makes thebrakes so much more efficient, willhardly fail to appeal to most railroadmanagers. i @ i The Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts-burg, in their shops at Columbus. C,are building three baggage cars withoutplatforms. If the change works success-fully, it is the intention of taking the plat-form off baggage cars belonging to thecompany. The Master Car Builders As-sociation have favored the building ofbaggage and express cars without plat-forms for some time. A Safety Qage Cock. Much attention has been devoted to theend of making boiler connections in thecab of a locomotive proof against the es-cape of steam in case of wreck, and amongefforts in that direction is the gage cockrecently patented by E. E. Kerns, of Brad-ford, Pa. The sectional view shown in this con-nection gives all the vital points of thedevice so clearly that few words are re-quired to convey the intent of the de-. Locoinotivc KngiiicerinffSAFETY GAGE COCK. signer. A bushing A is screwed into theboiler and is threaded to receive the bodyof the cock. The stem B is recessed atthe inner end to receive the shank of thevalve C, the latter being made to seat uponand close the end of tube D when the stemB is run inwardly. In this position, asshown in the engraving, the steam fromthe boiler is cut off. A seat for the check valve E is formedon the inner end of bush A, which isoperative when the valve C is raised fromits seat, which allows valve E to close andshut off steam from the boiler, and thisaction would take place in the event ofbreakage of the cock from the boiler lengths of the stems on the valves aremade so that both valves cannot be closedat the same time, and a spring is securedto the body of the cock and made to en- gage with a groove on the stem B to in-dicate when both valves are wide open i
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