. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nt pneumatic toolclamps. These have proved to be a mostimportant factor in the great reduction inthe time and labor of wheel turning thathas been made on the Niles-Bement-Pondwheel lathes. The clamps enable theoperator to make a change, and clamp thetools, all in a few seconds and withoutthe use of a wrench. There is absolutelyno chance of slipping or of vibration of the speed when hard spots are en-countered. There is provided with the lathe anelevating attachment for lifting thewheels after
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nt pneumatic toolclamps. These have proved to be a mostimportant factor in the great reduction inthe time and labor of wheel turning thathas been made on the Niles-Bement-Pondwheel lathes. The clamps enable theoperator to make a change, and clamp thetools, all in a few seconds and withoutthe use of a wrench. There is absolutelyno chance of slipping or of vibration of the speed when hard spots are en-countered. There is provided with the lathe anelevating attachment for lifting thewheels after they have been rolled intothe machine. This consists of an over-head runway self-contained with the ma-chine, and equipped with a pneumatic hoist. New Passenger Station at Newark, N. contract has been given by the Cen-tral of New Jersey to F, D. Hyde, New^ork, to build a new passenger station atBroad street, Newark. The building isto be 45 ft. high, 60 ft, wide in front and266 ft, in the rear. The length will varyfrom 86 ft, to 400 ft. The structure willhave concrete foundations, steel .NEW ( \R I,.\THE SEEN FROM DRIVING HEADSTOCK (FRONT VIEW). Bureau of Standards. The Bureau of Standards of the LhiitedStates Department of Commerce recentlyissued a bulletin on Some ForeignSpecifications for Railway Materials, inwhich it was said that British railwayscarried 3,000,000,000 passengers a year,and 520,000,000 tons of freight. The num-ber of passengers we carry is about one-ihird nf that given above—in 1913, by brick and terra-cotta walls, wood andconcrete roof, with built-up roof. Thecost will be about $550,000. Reports on Block Signals. It has been officially announced that onor before January 15, 1917, the railroadsmust file with the Interstate ComiuerceCommission reports of new block signalequipment. DecemlicT. 1916. RAILWAY ANn LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 399 Twenty Locomotives lor the Bessemer & Lake Erie Heavy Type of Freight Power With Most Approved Forms of
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