. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . or/tf Oj. _ -•■ ^1 [_ |«- 1 0-= — ■ o Mml rietv of Vlate OIL BURNER USED ON SOUTHERN C.\LIF0RNI.\ —Poii Vatic act tnjircpjiinds. OF OIL T.\NK INSIDE W-^TER TANK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILWAY (7 Supptii to Engin fireman in time so that the latter canclose the oil valve in order to preventwaste of oil, black smoke and engine pop-ping off; and again, in starting up, the en-gineer should notify the fireman so theoil valve may be opened before the throttlethat the fire may b
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . or/tf Oj. _ -•■ ^1 [_ |«- 1 0-= — ■ o Mml rietv of Vlate OIL BURNER USED ON SOUTHERN C.\LIF0RNI.\ —Poii Vatic act tnjircpjiinds. OF OIL T.\NK INSIDE W-^TER TANK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAILWAY (7 Supptii to Engin fireman in time so that the latter canclose the oil valve in order to preventwaste of oil, black smoke and engine pop-ping off; and again, in starting up, the en-gineer should notify the fireman so theoil valve may be opened before the throttlethat the fire may be burning before anycold air is drawn into the firebox by theexhaust. In opening the valve the oilshould be gradually increased as the engi-neer increases the working of the this rule is carried out it will in a greatmeasure prevent leaky flues, crown andstaybolts. Firebox can be easily damagedby overfiring. in its favor. It will reduce the life offlues and firebox about 25 per cent.; whileon the other hand it is perfectly free fromstarting fires on the right-of-way or set-ting fire to equipment. The cost of hand-ling fuel is at least 75 per cent, cheaperthan that of coal. It does away withclinkering of engines at terminals- and
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