. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e-ton buckets. It is also providedwith 4 automatic suspended weighingbuckets of 200 tons capacity add to the rapidity of work byautomatically weighing and dumpingthe ore into each car as it runs under midway between the two plants andon tracks leading directly to the yard, which covers an area ofnearly 10 acres, has been completelyremodeled during the winter, levelledby an average fill of 4 ft., with ne v80-lb. rail substituted on all the switchtracks. Power for the oper
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . e-ton buckets. It is also providedwith 4 automatic suspended weighingbuckets of 200 tons capacity add to the rapidity of work byautomatically weighing and dumpingthe ore into each car as it runs under midway between the two plants andon tracks leading directly to the yard, which covers an area ofnearly 10 acres, has been completelyremodeled during the winter, levelledby an average fill of 4 ft., with ne v80-lb. rail substituted on all the switchtracks. Power for the operation of theplant is furnished from a new powerhouse at the lower end of the acme of economic handling hasbeen achieved in these yards. Carsfrom the coal regions are drawn intothe yards loaded, carried down theriver to be unloaded, where they areautomatically tipped over into chutesfeeding directly into tlic boats, thenthey are switched and run back to bereloaded. Worth of the Hand. A rather thoughtful young man wasonce upon a time asked to give somecharacteristic of the man-like apes. He. TEN-WHEEL PASSENGER ENGINE FOR THE T., H. & B. J. Christopher, Master Mechanic. long, by 65^4 ins. wide, which gives agrate area of 46 sq. ft. There are 336tubes IS ft. Yz in. long, and these givea heating surface of 2,632 sq. ft. Thefire box gives 160 sq. ft., making a totalof 2,792 sq. ft. This gives a ratio ofgrate surface to heating surface ofabout 60. The tender has the ordinary steelframe, with U-shaped tank containing5,500 Imperial gallons, and carries 9tons of coal. The fuel space has slop-ing sides. Some of the equipment isTower couplers, Westinghouse brakes,Nathan lubricators, blow-off valves of theAmerican Loco. Co., the Handcockand Monitor injectors. Monarch brakebeams, Hayden safety valves, LeachSanders and Higginbotham bell ring-ers. The builders are the Canadianbranch of the American LocomotiveCompany. The engine presents a neatand trim appearance. We are indebtedto Mr
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