. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . the wheels stood up in oneside, and the blocks driven home withsledges as heavy as one man could swing. The wheels were then put in lathe andtires turned for service. The process was somewhat expensive,but when completed the job was a goodone. The tires used in those days weregenerally iron two and one-half inchesthick, and we knew that the blocks re-lieved the tire from the severe pound-ing to which it would have been sub-jected had the blocks not been there torelieve it. We frequently run t
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . the wheels stood up in oneside, and the blocks driven home withsledges as heavy as one man could swing. The wheels were then put in lathe andtires turned for service. The process was somewhat expensive,but when completed the job was a goodone. The tires used in those days weregenerally iron two and one-half inchesthick, and we knew that the blocks re-lieved the tire from the severe pound-ing to which it would have been sub-jected had the blocks not been there torelieve it. We frequently run this tireuntil one inch thick. As the tire was with heavier centers and tires, andheavier rails and tracks, the blocks wouldnot be necessary. This was neverdemonstrated, and the problem remainsan unsolved one to this day. It has beenmy opinion for some time that we areoverdoing the weight question, and thatthe gain from increased weight is verymuch over estimated, as I doubt whetherthe increased weight of rails and super-structures has been accounted for andcharged up for in this increase of motive. AMIDST THE UT.\H MOUNT.\IXS. PhotogtBpbed by-Miss M. J. Wilson. reduced in thickness it would stretch andget loose. This necessitated the shim-ming up of the blocks with light sheetiron and re-driving them. We neverhad a tire break that was running onthese blocks, and though the job wasexpensive, we felt the results justified plans of engines were graduallyadopted and heavier wheel centers andtires were used, and the wooden blockswere abandoned. It was considered that power of weight. I am of the opinionthat lighter engines, moved at a higherrate of speed and kept moving, wouldat the end of the year show more moneyto the stockholders and less expense ofmaintenance of roadbed and \MEs M. , September 15, 1903. Better leave undone than do byhalves.—Tennyson. 496 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November. 1903. Did Not Reflect on LocomotiveDesigners.
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