. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ON HOSE. fuhu^:-, (If necessarily becomes shorterand unlit for use at required accompanying drawing shows aspecial honie-niadc coupling jointwhereby a piece of old hose may bereadily annexed, and in the event ofthat failing at any time another piecemay be exchanged, and so on, the goodpart of the hose being protected until. ON SHE.\RS. the incidental wear and tear has wornout the entire hose. The other drawing shows a quick andcompletely successful repair on a belt-driven shears which are engaged hereon general engine house wor
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ON HOSE. fuhu^:-, (If necessarily becomes shorterand unlit for use at required accompanying drawing shows aspecial honie-niadc coupling jointwhereby a piece of old hose may bereadily annexed, and in the event ofthat failing at any time another piecemay be exchanged, and so on, the goodpart of the hose being protected until. ON SHE.\RS. the incidental wear and tear has wornout the entire hose. The other drawing shows a quick andcompletely successful repair on a belt-driven shears which are engaged hereon general engine house work. Onemorning we discovered the shears hadsustained a double fracture as only would a new machine havecost a good deal, but the delay in trans-fering the work in the meantime wouldhave been considerable, so a repair wasattempted, and steel plates H • in Air Brake : It is now some long time since I havehad the opportunity to write anything foryour valuable journal, but having a fewminutes to spare I wish to say a fewwords to your many readers on a sub-ject that is of vital interest, particularlyto the locomotive engineers, whose dutyit is to handle the long trains, in freightservice, on the many railroads in all partsof the country. The much mooted question of undesiredquick action of the brakes, and some ofthe causes leading up to them. As a usual
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