. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . four engines were all inside con-nected and were named after engines were named after townsand counties and were all outside con- Goodel, Comrod, Crane, George Laneand Israel Scranton. Mr. Scrantoncarried a large bullseye watch in hispocket and it was a standing joke to askhim the time. He also carried a rule,snuff box, pair of callipers in his pant?pocket. The very first engines on thisroad had no hand rails or runningboards on them. They had large spikes 6o RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTI
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . four engines were all inside con-nected and were named after engines were named after townsand counties and were all outside con- Goodel, Comrod, Crane, George Laneand Israel Scranton. Mr. Scrantoncarried a large bullseye watch in hispocket and it was a standing joke to askhim the time. He also carried a rule,snuff box, pair of callipers in his pant?pocket. The very first engines on thisroad had no hand rails or runningboards on them. They had large spikes 6o RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING February, 1908. sticking out of the beams on the frontof engines to catch cows and from thisthe name of cow-catcher C. Pea.^, Ohio. Air Pump Nut : I have here an air pump nut lock andI think it is the best lock I ever handledand I am sending you a sketch, as Ithink it may be of some advantage toyour readers. It consists of only three pieces latch,spring and a piece of 14 in. pipe. Thispiece of pipe is tapped into the centre pump centhc piece. bottle when I finished it. Two monthslater I had to grind in that check valveagain. I then began to think things overand I took down the branch or deliverypipe where it connects to the Handcockinspirator. I found that the line checkvalve had been left out by carelessnessor by orders from some one. I thoughtit might have been left out on purpose,as the inspirator worked a little firmerwithout it. I ran the engine as it was for twomonths more, with the same results. Atthe end of that time I had to again grindin the check valve. This time I sent forthe line check valve and got it and put itin place. I had ground in the boilercheck three times in sixmonths. It has now beeneighteen months since I putin that line check valve andmy boiler check is as tightas a bottle now. This seemsto me to prove the value ofthe line check valve and Isay keep the line checks inorder and in place. Fred Nihoof
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