. Railway age gazette . If the engine cannot be Fig. 10—Turbine Saw and Drill the time ordered, the names of the crew and three columns forshowing the machine work O. K., the boiler work O. K., andthe engine fired O. K. At the bottom of the board room is pro-vided for spare men, and men on sick leave or leave of is the hostlers duty when taking the engine out to see that 480 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION Vol. h8, Xo. 9 it is properly equipped and also to test both injectors. Situatedat the center of the turntable on one side, or in close proximityto the outgoing track, the
. Railway age gazette . If the engine cannot be Fig. 10—Turbine Saw and Drill the time ordered, the names of the crew and three columns forshowing the machine work O. K., the boiler work O. K., andthe engine fired O. K. At the bottom of the board room is pro-vided for spare men, and men on sick leave or leave of is the hostlers duty when taking the engine out to see that 480 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION Vol. h8, Xo. 9 it is properly equipped and also to test both injectors. Situatedat the center of the turntable on one side, or in close proximityto the outgoing track, there should be an engineers tool boxrack, made of iron pipe, with shelves to suit the size of theterminal, on which the hostler or engineer will place the toolboxes when the engine is coming in, and remove them whengoing out. Fig, 5 shows the standard equipment recommendedfor the engineers tool box. The engine crew on arrival at the engine house must sign theappearance book, the form of which is shown in Fig. 6. their. Fig, 11 — Plates for Molding Metallic Packing signatures being witnessed by the hustler or the engine des-patcher. Either the hostler or the engine despatcher should alsobe required to note the time that the engine leaves the shoptracks, and whether there are any delays. This is very importantas while, of course, the transportation department will never at-tempt to place any blame for delay on the motive power depart-ment, yet this information sometimes proves extremely useful. In the handling of the repair work, endeavor should be madeby tlie foreman to specialize as much as possible; one manshould be assigned to go over the electric headlight equipment,and another to side rod work. If the inspector is not too busyhe can also tighten up all loose nuts that he finds, and look aftetthe setting up of wedges and the replacing of tender renewal of piston rings and their examination should beat regular intervals, and at the time this is done the date sh
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