. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . mate-rial. In the ventilating system, air is ad-mitted at the round ends of the openings about 8 ft. from the rail,placed at each side of the end intakes are 12 ins. in diameter, cov-ered with a fine brass netting; thencethe fresh air passes downward to anair-tight galvanized iron box placed be-neath car which contains two sets ofremovable dust collecting screens setvertically. These screens keep dust and contained in a large, flat, galvanizediron tank, set vertically,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . mate-rial. In the ventilating system, air is ad-mitted at the round ends of the openings about 8 ft. from the rail,placed at each side of the end intakes are 12 ins. in diameter, cov-ered with a fine brass netting; thencethe fresh air passes downward to anair-tight galvanized iron box placed be-neath car which contains two sets ofremovable dust collecting screens setvertically. These screens keep dust and contained in a large, flat, galvanizediron tank, set vertically, and placedback of a removable partition at thecenter of the car. From this tank,which is tilled by a hose fastened at aconnection at side sill of car, the waterflows through a coil of pipe placed inan ice box within the vertical tank, tothe water alcove, at the center vesti-bule. In regard to weight, this coach islighter than the generally designed all-steel coach, with an equal seating ca-pacity or length. It shows a weightper passenger of 1,14s lbs. The carwas designed and built under the per-. ROUNDED END OF U. P. STEEL COACH. What horsepower has this engine?The fireman gave a loud laugh. Horsepower? he exclaimed. Why,man, dont you know that the machinegoes by steam ? —N. Y. Tribune. January, 1908. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGIN] I I 33 Items of Personal Interest Mr. S. O. Dunn, formerly associateeditor of the Chicago Tribune, has beenappointed managing editor of the RailwayAge. Mr. J. Kyle lias been appointed master mechanic on the Canadian North-ern Railway with U-1 ; al I <1monton, Alta. Mr. F. Wilson has been appointedlocomotive foreman on the CanadianNorthern Railway, with headquartersat Humbolt, Sask. Mr. J. A. Zeller has been appointedtraveling fireman on the Western divisionof the Pennsylvania Railroad, withoffice at Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. J. T. Nedwideck, trainmaster ofthe Missouri Pacific-Iron MountainRailway at De Soto, has been trans-ferred to Poplar
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