. American engineer . /^ in. oak floor is laid on top of the rack for the storage of all ma-terial too short to be placed in the bins. Iron ladders are se-cured to each end so that a man can easily climb to the top ofthe rack. The rack would be more convenient if located under a. Iron Rack for Storing Material of Less Than Ten Feetin Length. traveling crane so the material could be more easily reason one end of the rack is narrower than the other isbecause the narrow part was an old rack which has been boltedto the new part. REPLACING A DRIVER SPRING ON AMALLET BY J. D. ROGERS,Insp
. American engineer . /^ in. oak floor is laid on top of the rack for the storage of all ma-terial too short to be placed in the bins. Iron ladders are se-cured to each end so that a man can easily climb to the top ofthe rack. The rack would be more convenient if located under a. Iron Rack for Storing Material of Less Than Ten Feetin Length. traveling crane so the material could be more easily reason one end of the rack is narrower than the other isbecause the narrow part was an old rack which has been boltedto the new part. REPLACING A DRIVER SPRING ON AMALLET BY J. D. ROGERS,Inspector, Virginian Railway \\ bile the writer was in charge of some heavy Mallets at apusher grade on the Virginian, it became necessary to changean intermediate driving spring on the front engine of one ofthem. The spring had 14 leaves Y% in. thick, and was 36 in. jacks or spring pullers were available, and to have sent theengine to the nearest roundhouse would have held it out of serv-ice probably 48 hours or more. A 33 ft. rail on the spark trackwas removed and a 30 ft. rail substituted, filling out with a 3 held with fish plates. The spring rigging was blockedas high as possible by running the engine on a wedge; the 3 was removed between th
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