. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . -6brake valve is set on top of the reservoir;the tandem gJ/^-inch pump is at the parti-tion. The illustration shows the locationof these sectional tandems. Two engine equipments are in the can be coupled together to use asa double-header, or separately. One of tional pump and 8-inch pump are in thelecture room. All the sectional tandemvalves were built by the WestinghouseAir-Brake Company. The air-signal line of ten cars is in theclear story, with full length of pipe, hosecouplings, etc., to rep
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . -6brake valve is set on top of the reservoir;the tandem gJ/^-inch pump is at the parti-tion. The illustration shows the locationof these sectional tandems. Two engine equipments are in the can be coupled together to use asa double-header, or separately. One of tional pump and 8-inch pump are in thelecture room. All the sectional tandemvalves were built by the WestinghouseAir-Brake Company. The air-signal line of ten cars is in theclear story, with full length of pipe, hosecouplings, etc., to represent actual condi-tions. Signal valves are near the instruc-tor. There are plenty of gages, thirty-four single hand gages and three duplexbeing used. Break-in-two hose connec-tions are located near the door. A full engine equipment of the PyleNational electric headlight is installed onthe car for instruction purposes. It willbe utilized to light up the instructionroom. The car can be lighted by eitheroil or electricity, forty-six incandescent 16candle-power lamps being used and seven. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE AIR-BRAKE INSTRUCTION CAR JUST BUILT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS. one end of the car. It is arranged to usetwo air pumps. Each of the cars has a 9j4-inch West-inghouse pump in the boiler room, one ofthe same kind working the upper steamhead, and its valves, tandem, are locatedin the lecture room, where the class cansee its operation. Car No. 105 has a No. 2 New Yorkpump in addition to the g^-inch of them are fastened to the boiler is fed by a No. I-A Ohio in-jector, a small duplex Worthington pumpis also installed; either one or both can beused. The water supply of 6co gallons iscarried in two tanks, located under thecar, properly lagged and jacketed to pre-vent freezing. The supply of coal is in acoal box holding i ton, in the boiler No. ,-A Detroit lubricator of the latestdesign oils each of the air pumps and theWorthington. Nex
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