. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rking pressure, 150 pounds; total weight,60 tons; wheel centers, 62 inches; 9 feetbetween wheel centers; built in 1887, withJere Shaw as engineer. The Peacock spe-cial, so called, was a train that broughtMr. Peacock from California to Pitts-burgh, Pa., to attend a meeting of thestockholders of the Carnegie Steel Works. Little, skinny fellows in those days werejust as good firemen (or cleaners rather)as the big, stronger men. Nowadays thefireman that can toss the most coal iswanted. The engines have grown
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rking pressure, 150 pounds; total weight,60 tons; wheel centers, 62 inches; 9 feetbetween wheel centers; built in 1887, withJere Shaw as engineer. The Peacock spe-cial, so called, was a train that broughtMr. Peacock from California to Pitts-burgh, Pa., to attend a meeting of thestockholders of the Carnegie Steel Works. Little, skinny fellows in those days werejust as good firemen (or cleaners rather)as the big, stronger men. Nowadays thefireman that can toss the most coal iswanted. The engines have grown muchbigger, the work is harder, but the in-crease in pay has not been the same as theincrease in work. It looks to the writerthat the fireman could justly be relievedof the cleaning nowadays, and be allowedto get off his engine at the end of thetrip, the same as the engineer. Chicago, III. R. L. Mahoney. Grab Irons and Door Seals. Why has the half-circle offset in thegrab iron or hand hold on box-car roofsbeen abandoned ? It was a mighty handyplace to set a red light in and be sure it. SANTA FE FLYER—ENGINE OF PEACOCK TRAIN. I send you the photograph and this ac-count for such use as you may wish tomake of it. Stuart C. Sutton. Dodge City, Kan. Wants to be Relieved of Cleaning. Why is it that the fireman is still re-quired, in this advanced age of railroad-ing, to clean and scour his engine the sameas in the old days, when the coal-heavingpart of the job was a snap, and firemenwere selected because of their ability tokeep a brightly scoured engine rather thanfor their skill to keep her hot? In those days the prettiest engine wasthe one with the most brass and gold leafon her. And there never was an oppor-tunity lost to put a little more on. Thebest fireman was the best cleaner. Heused to heave a few tons of coal in a fewhours trip, and then his real work mixed up his sperm and pumice-stone(nothing harsher was allowed in thosedays) and scoured and sweat for severalho
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