. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ., L. & N.—under the same management—they havemany engines where the steam enters thechest from the side next the arch. Theyhave had good results by changing the oilpipe connection from the top of the chestto the side, letting the oil enter with thesteam. It was noticed with the old planthat valve and seats were cut most on theend toward the arch, and it was believedthat the entering steam blew the oil awayfrom that point. The true way to lubri-cate valves and pistons is to lubricate thesteam entering th
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ., L. & N.—under the same management—they havemany engines where the steam enters thechest from the side next the arch. Theyhave had good results by changing the oilpipe connection from the top of the chestto the side, letting the oil enter with thesteam. It was noticed with the old planthat valve and seats were cut most on theend toward the arch, and it was believedthat the entering steam blew the oil awayfrom that point. The true way to lubri-cate valves and pistons is to lubricate thesteam entering them. ^ i ^ About as good a pilot plow as can be used,especially for fast engines, is made by fill-ing between the slots with wood ; but thisis bad when there is no snow, as the largesolid area of the pilot stirs up dirt andcinders that are destructive to the C. & W. M. they put a straightpiece of stack netting inside the pilot;this lets plenty of air through it, but insnow fills up at once and fonns a solidpilot. i i i No more back numbers for 1894—allsold. 204. Construction- -The ControlledSystems. [fourth paper.] with these systems, as their name im-plies, the labor of two men, one control-ling that of the other, is required to clearthe signal for a train to enter the work of clearing the signal is doneby the man at the entrance of the block,the same as with a telegraphic system, butthe controlling power, or the actual per-mission to so clear the signal, is given onlyby the man at the end of the block. The arguments used in favor of thismethod of operation are, that where two
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