. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ns and puttingthem in a handy place together. Beforeleaving engine blow out all lights andbring in classification signals, which isthe custom on our road. Leave your en-gine in a good sanitary condition andthe next man that goes out on her can-not help but speak well of you. If a fireman will adhere to the outlineherein given he need nor fear that hisservices will not be E. Ind. Ry. Traveling Engineer. Automobile on Rails. Editor: I am the inventor of a supplementary
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ns and puttingthem in a handy place together. Beforeleaving engine blow out all lights andbring in classification signals, which isthe custom on our road. Leave your en-gine in a good sanitary condition andthe next man that goes out on her can-not help but speak well of you. If a fireman will adhere to the outlineherein given he need nor fear that hisservices will not be E. Ind. Ry. Traveling Engineer. Automobile on Rails. Editor: I am the inventor of a supplementarytire made and designed to fit an automo- bile ruber tire so that the car can be usedii railroads as an inspection ear for roadsupervisors, bridge builders, etc. Therailroad physician could also use it with1 hi tin- 1- strappi d 1 ii to the spokes wheel and thi- can be done in about20 minutes and without letting the air outof the rub! r til pplementary tires can be removed in about 15 have tested them and they have given: 11. 51 rvi 1 T made a speed of 32 miles. ALTO AS A INSPECTION CAR. an hour, fast as the car would run. Mytires have to be made to suit the varioussizes of automobile wheels in use. I en-close photograph of my tire and of anautomobile so equipped and on a railroadtrack. The device has been patented. Chas. H. , Ohio. Elevated Pits in the Roundhouse. Editor: The feasibility and the adaptability ofan elevated pit in an engine house hasnot received any consideration in thedesigning and construction of modernroundhouses, yet the importance ofthem in an engine house should be ap-parent to all. By an elevated pit in anengine house is meant that the railsshould be supported by Iron posts sim-ilar to those used in the construction ofelevated ash pits, or cinder pits, insteadof laying the rails on a stone, or con-crete wall. The elevated pit should extend out-side of the rails about four feet and benot less than three f
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