. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ad wc jump mainwheels, set wedge up tight and pull down1-16 inch, back wedges ^ inch. In thisway we have no stuck wedges and veryfew hot boxes. This road has had lisshare of hot boxes. But since the adventof the pool, these engines arc runningcomparatively cool. And why? Becauseby using a form I have here, every engin.^and each individual driving box is watchedand dealt with according to its needs. After once getting engines in shape, aninspector with a good assistant can takecare of wedges, cellar and c
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ad wc jump mainwheels, set wedge up tight and pull down1-16 inch, back wedges ^ inch. In thisway we have no stuck wedges and veryfew hot boxes. This road has had lisshare of hot boxes. But since the adventof the pool, these engines arc runningcomparatively cool. And why? Becauseby using a form I have here, every engin.^and each individual driving box is watchedand dealt with according to its needs. After once getting engines in shape, aninspector with a good assistant can takecare of wedges, cellar and cab packing. be able to instruct engincmen. He shouljnot try to be catchy, and not use his posi-tion to create discord and strife, and I amsafe in saying engineers will praise in-stead of denounce the pooling of locomo-tives. Jas. S. City, Kan. Against Smoking in Y. A. Rooms. My August I^ received, and in looking it over Inoticed an article on The Use of Tobac-co in Y. M. C. A. Rooms, in which thegoody-goody rule of this association is. ON THE WHITE \SS & YUKON R-MLWAV. and loose in rod, and report same; keepguides closed and cross-heads lined upproperly. See that wrist pins are not outof round or loose in cross-head, and re-port keys or wedges in front ends of mainrods lined down if necessary. The whistle stem demands attention;joints should be kept tight. Wedges and cellar packing are a veryimportant part of the working of a pooledengine. Wedges should be carefully adjusted bythe inspector, and record of same kept;after once set where they belong willrun easily twenty days or longer. Onten-wheel engines front wedges should be An engine can be thoroughly inspectedin from thirty to forty-five minutes. On this division we have twenty-fiveengines and thirty-five crews, and I ven-ture to say engineers know one engine ^swell as another, and will do as much andas good work with any one of them as hewould were he assigned to one r
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