. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . afterthe weight was distributed she was allright. In the .case mentioned by me bothdrivers were in the same boat; we had nomountains. Gko. ,Sm.\rT. Edgcniont, So. Dak k % ^ A Water=Pump Governor. Editors: For the benefit of any readers of Loco-motive Engineering who use a forcepump for washing boilers, and who wouldlike a good governor for same, I wouldlike to describe one used at this place. They use here a common \vlespump, situated in the stationary engineroom, quite a distance from the round-h
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . afterthe weight was distributed she was allright. In the .case mentioned by me bothdrivers were in the same boat; we had nomountains. Gko. ,Sm.\rT. Edgcniont, So. Dak k % ^ A Water=Pump Governor. Editors: For the benefit of any readers of Loco-motive Engineering who use a forcepump for washing boilers, and who wouldlike a good governor for same, I wouldlike to describe one used at this place. They use here a common \vlespump, situated in the stationary engineroom, quite a distance from the round-house. K signal bell near the pump wasformerly used to notify the engineer whento increase or decrease the speed of thepump. Now, a great difficulty encount-ered in this manner of working was, that In order to signal the engineer the boilerwasher had to frequentljf go some dis-tance to the handle connected to the bell,and was oftentimes compelled to go tothe engine room and regulate speed ofpump himself. This was very annoying,as well as expensi\e. The foreman of shop tools and macliin-. LocoMOTivE Encineerinq. N. Y.
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