. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . man or workman has a chance to say:Another man will get this engine whowill not know whether this work was re-ported or not. The report concluded with the state-ment that no hard and fast rule can bemade that will fit all railroads in thematter of pooling engines. The condi-tions of trafific, together with the qualityof equipment on each ro d alone candetermine the expediency for or againstpooling. A long discussion followed the intro-duction of this subject which was par-ticipated in by memb
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . man or workman has a chance to say:Another man will get this engine whowill not know whether this work was re-ported or not. The report concluded with the state-ment that no hard and fast rule can bemade that will fit all railroads in thematter of pooling engines. The condi-tions of trafific, together with the qualityof equipment on each ro d alone candetermine the expediency for or againstpooling. A long discussion followed the intro-duction of this subject which was par-ticipated in by members belonging tonearly all countries where railroads areused. The general impression given wasthat pooling of locomotives is not popu-lar, and is of questionable utility. Bicycle Van on the G. N. S. R. The type of van shown in our illus-tration has been in use on the GreatNorth of Scotland Railway for the pastthree years. The body has two stories,and each story is divided into fourteencompartments or stalls, thus making ac-commodation for twenty-eight bicycle is carried in a separate. BICYCLE V.\N ON THE GKEAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY. 2. A sufficient engine house force toattend all cleaning of engines both be-low and above the footboard and in thecab. Provision to be made also forcleaning and filling all engine lights. 3. All lanterns to be maintained andkept under a tool room check this system lanterns are pooledin the same way that engines are, andeach incoming engine crew has to ac-count for its lanterns. The number oflanterns under this system is materiallyminimized through a large proportionbeing in constant service. 4. Heavy engine tools to be kept in asealed box on the engine, the seal to becarefully inspected on each to be supplied with aportable tool box. 5. A kit of oil cans should be assign-ed to each engineer and returned by himafter each trip and placed in the oilroom, to be properly filled, cleaned andcared for. 6
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