. American engineer and railroad journal . ring so valuable a man. Overhead traveling cranes should not be used to place workin machines. Jib cranes for such large machines are are always available for the attendant and may be usedindividually without causing others to wait. The travelingoraiie should be considered as an overhead railroad for trans-portation purposes only. Several times mistakes have beenpointed out to the writer, indicating the importance of thisquestion. 110 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. REAMERS FOR ROD PACKING CUPS. At the Albuquerque shops of the Atch
. American engineer and railroad journal . ring so valuable a man. Overhead traveling cranes should not be used to place workin machines. Jib cranes for such large machines are are always available for the attendant and may be usedindividually without causing others to wait. The travelingoraiie should be considered as an overhead railroad for trans-portation purposes only. Several times mistakes have beenpointed out to the writer, indicating the importance of thisquestion. 110 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. REAMERS FOR ROD PACKING CUPS. At the Albuquerque shops of the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe Railway, Mr. W. L. Essex, general foreman, showed therepresentative of this journal a business-like contrivance forreaming piston rod packing cups to standard sizes and toexact interior contours. In the engraving the whole set ofparts and a pile of reamers of different sizes are shown. Oneof the reamers is keyed in place in the bar, ready for the work,which is done in a lathe. The cups are held in chucks and the. STANDARD RECEIVER F<IK ROD PACKING CITS. boring bar is held by the qenters. The rod at the left in theengraving passes through a hole in the boring bar to preventit from turning. This process insures accurate fitting of allcups and is very rapid and inexpensive. The sizes of rods tobe fitted are kept standard in 1-16-in. variations and cups arekept in stock for all sizes. It will pay every railroad to fit updevices for insuring accuracy in the important matter of main-tenance of rod packing. 80-FOOT FIRST-CLASS COACH. Great Northern Railway. Twenty coaches, 80 ft. in length, have been built for theGreat Northern by the Barney & Smith Company. They pro-vide seating capacity for 86 passengers and weigh 111,250 chief dimensions are as follows: Length over buffers, 81ft.; length over platforms, 79 ft. 11 ins.; length over sills, 72ft. 6 ins.; width over sills, 9 ft. 8 ins.; width over crownmolding, 10 ft. % in.; transom centers, 55 ft. 10%
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