. American engineer and railroad journal . it has a barrel i in. in diame-ter in which works a plunger made of leather and secured to ai-in. rod with threaded end by two nuts and washers, one oneach side. In addition to holding the leather piston in placethese serve to keep it tight in the barrel, all that is necessarybeing to screw up the outer nut occasionally. The can is pro- An Old the courtesy of a gentleman in Bir-mingham who has a large collection of railway curiosities, weare enabled 10 give a representation of a medal referring to iheGloucester & Cheltenham Railway. The
. American engineer and railroad journal . it has a barrel i in. in diame-ter in which works a plunger made of leather and secured to ai-in. rod with threaded end by two nuts and washers, one oneach side. In addition to holding the leather piston in placethese serve to keep it tight in the barrel, all that is necessarybeing to screw up the outer nut occasionally. The can is pro- An Old the courtesy of a gentleman in Bir-mingham who has a large collection of railway curiosities, weare enabled 10 give a representation of a medal referring to iheGloucester & Cheltenham Railway. The Act of Parliamentunder which that line was constructed was obtained in 1809,and was entitled An Act for Making and Maintaining a Rail-way or Tramroad from the River Severn at the Quay in the Cityof Gloucester to or near a certain Gate in or near the Town ofCheltenham . . called the Knapp Toll Gate, with a collateralbranch to the Top of Leckhampton Hill. The preamble felsforth that the traffic between Cheltenham and Gluucester isveiy. CaH Fo({ Oiliwc Tki/c\ CflTO^-PL/tTfj c -L Ei Pi-uiMceH OP Leotmek — 4 ft. vided with a filling hole, covered by an ordinary zinc screw-cap,and has a handle on one,side. The oil is admitted to the barrel by a J-in. hole at A ; this iskept closed by the plunger when the can is not in use, prevent-ing oil from leaking into the barrel and wasting through thespout. The second \ in. hole at B is provided in order to dis-pose of any oil that might leak into the barrel behind theplunger ; it also serves to aid the flow through the hole A whenthe plunger is drawn back. The method of using this oiler will readily be advantage of keeping the center-plates oiled in reducingfriction on curves is well understood ; but on too many roadsit is not done at all, and on others only irregularly and withbut little care. AN OLD MEDAL.; great, and the road is much injured by the heavy carts andwagons passing over it. The construction of a
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