. Railway mechanical engineer . ry rigid test. The same method ispursued in this department as in the others, that of discard-ing broken pieces and saving the good parts in order to buildup a complete article. LAGGING, ETC. Old boiler lagging that is removed is sent to a buildingwhere it is ground up and remoulded. Quite a saving iseffected in this manner at a nominal cost. Scrap car roofing plays an important part in the scrapyard, the buildings being constructed of it. Wash bucketsare manufactured for the shops as well as for the locomotives;also wash basins for caboose cars, fire buckets, s
. Railway mechanical engineer . ry rigid test. The same method ispursued in this department as in the others, that of discard-ing broken pieces and saving the good parts in order to buildup a complete article. LAGGING, ETC. Old boiler lagging that is removed is sent to a buildingwhere it is ground up and remoulded. Quite a saving iseffected in this manner at a nominal cost. Scrap car roofing plays an important part in the scrapyard, the buildings being constructed of it. Wash bucketsare manufactured for the shops as well as for the locomotives;also wash basins for caboose cars, fire buckets, swab casingsfor piston rods and valve stems, stove pipe, oil cans, guttersfor shop buildings, etc. A large number of switch and hand lanterns are reclaimedeach month, as well as gage lamps, classification and markerlamps, by simply boiling in a vat, renewing the broken partsand applying the necessary lenses. Globe valves that are scrapped on account of the seat beingbadly cut, stem bent, handle broken off or lost, are easily re-. Reclaimed Air Brake Cylinders claimed and returned to service by the renewal of the brokenor worn out parts. We reclaim approximately 200 of thesevalves per month at a saving of about $150. After the old passenger car roofing is removed on accountof being worn out it is placed over a furnace and all of thesolder is removed, remelted into sticks and sent to the tinshop for future use. It is also surprising the amount of cop-per that is thus reclaimed and sent to the brass foundry. Olddope is gathered up, carefully cleaned and reapplied. Oldpipe is used for sand pipes on locomotives, as well as cut upand used as thimbles for various requirements. Reflex water gage glasses are reground on a machine con-structed in the shop, at a cost of three cents each. Bullseyelubricator glasses are reground on an Aloxite wheel and re-polished and returned to service at a cost of one cent each. All of our oil is received in metal drums and as a conse-quence a considerabl
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