. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . shops that are not alreadyequipped with some device for this pur-pose. He mounts the main driver of theengine on four rollers, adjustable to anywheel—a device familiar to many; but tothe ends of the shafts passing through The Illinois Central Repair Shops. Railroad men interested in engineeringestablishments, visiting Chicago, havegenerally considered that the most inter-esting place to be seen in the neighbor-hood was the Pullman Car Works. Ifthey are wisely advised now, they will goand see the magnific
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . shops that are not alreadyequipped with some device for this pur-pose. He mounts the main driver of theengine on four rollers, adjustable to anywheel—a device familiar to many; but tothe ends of the shafts passing through The Illinois Central Repair Shops. Railroad men interested in engineeringestablishments, visiting Chicago, havegenerally considered that the most inter-esting place to be seen in the neighbor-hood was the Pullman Car Works. Ifthey are wisely advised now, they will goand see the magnificent shops built bythe Illinois Central Railroad Company forlocomotive and car repairs, at Burnside,in the neighborhood of Chicago. Thedesigners of these shops evidently studiedthe arrangement of all the best railroadrepair shops in the country, and madeuse of all the features that promoted con-venience and economy. To walk leisurelythrough the shops is the work of half aday. At the end of the journey the im-pression conveyed to me was that theywere the best heated and lighted shops I. SUBSTITUTE FUR FINCH BAR. these rollers he has mounted worm wheelswhich engage with worms driven by asquare shaft, on the end of which is car-ried a small lever and pair of reversinggears, the entire machine being driven byrope transmission from any convenientshaft. A boy operating the lever canbring the wheel to within a sixteenth of thecenter, and then with a slight turn of thesquare shaft with a monkey wrench bringit to exactly the right point. A small rotary air motor could be sub-stituted for the rope transmission, whichwould make it especially convenient forroundhouse work. This shop is remarkably well equippedwith labor-saving devices similar to theabove. All flues are cut oflf for removalfrom the boiler, and new flues cut beforeinsertion by the rope transmission. had ever seen, and that it would be diflfi-cult to improve on the arrangements forhandling material. Quite a number ofdetails
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