. American engineer and railroad journal . i J Showing Piping andi Brickwori Fig. t.—Firebox, Brick Work and Piping. ■ Rope co cted to &u lu. Fig. 2.—Tender, Oil Tank and Burning Locomotive—Santa Fe Pacific Railroad-drops the reverse lever down a few notches, in order to make removal of all netting and plates. The danger from sparksthe sand more effective. The sand supply is carried in a box with oil fuel being practically eliminated, the front end al-located on the tender. Another method for sanding flues is rangement consists of only the exhaust nozzle, petticoat pipeto locate


. American engineer and railroad journal . i J Showing Piping andi Brickwori Fig. t.—Firebox, Brick Work and Piping. ■ Rope co cted to &u lu. Fig. 2.—Tender, Oil Tank and Burning Locomotive—Santa Fe Pacific Railroad-drops the reverse lever down a few notches, in order to make removal of all netting and plates. The danger from sparksthe sand more effective. The sand supply is carried in a box with oil fuel being practically eliminated, the front end al-located on the tender. Another method for sanding flues is rangement consists of only the exhaust nozzle, petticoat pipeto locate the box up in the cab or on the boiler with a pipe and straight or choke stack. A special three-way cock, form- i388 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAlL|OAD JOURNAL. ing the blower pipe connection to the smoke arch, is usedin firing up engines in the round house, or where steam orair can be obtained. The three-way cock can be turned so(hat a part of the steam or air goes up the stack for a part back to the burner to atomize the oil. Tender Equipment.—The oil storage tank, shown in Fig. 2,consists of two tanks connected, built to ap


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