. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . g a saving in the amount of steamused, but also reducing it to a low pres-sure before being released. Rail Expansion. An interesting case of a railway ac-cident occurring at Felling, England,has been reported upon by the BritishBoard of Trade, wherein a kink inthe rails was the cause of a locomotiveand cars leaving the track. The cir-cumstances were remarkable from that the driver of a steam roller,who saw the kink in the rails, ran toa signal box and gave notice to thesignal man, wh
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . g a saving in the amount of steamused, but also reducing it to a low pres-sure before being released. Rail Expansion. An interesting case of a railway ac-cident occurring at Felling, England,has been reported upon by the BritishBoard of Trade, wherein a kink inthe rails was the cause of a locomotiveand cars leaving the track. The cir-cumstances were remarkable from that the driver of a steam roller,who saw the kink in the rails, ran toa signal box and gave notice to thesignal man, who coolly replied thatthe train would have to come on now,and took no steps to stop the signals being off, and the en-gineer on the oncoming train not see-ing the kink in the rails, came on, andil was fortunate that the accident wasnot of a more serious nature. It is said that the official report statesthe cause as the heat of the sun. Thislooks to us like going a long distance forcauses. Doubtless the members of theBoard of Trade are aware that on allinclines, especially where the brakes. TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. are frequently applied, the rails creepdown the grade and the expansionspaces left between the rails at the footof the incline are graduallj is part of the work of the main-tenance of way department to see to itthat the proper amount of expansionspaces are always maintained. It isevident that in this particular case theduty was neglected. Doubtless the in-creasing warmth of the atmospherewas the final cause of the bending ofthe rail, but this was only one of achain of causes, all of which could havebeen foreseen and the accident avoided. 322 RAILWAY AND LOCOiMOTIVE ENGINEERING July, 1907- Patent Office Department REVERSING MECHANISM. llic locking iiiembcr in engagement A reversing mechanism for loco- -^vith the pin, and a finger piece car-motives has been patented by Mr. C. , Schenectady, N. Y., No. 852, device embraces the combinati
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