. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . , in wnich our be-longings met disaster, and that the ironshutters had been provided. LOCOMOTn K E NGIN BERING May. 1899. Converting Coal into Smoke. In the course of a private letter writtento this office by an engineer on the Chi-cago & Northwestern, a somewhat graphicaccount is given between the methods pur-sued by two firemen in performing thework necessary to keep the steam up onan express locomotive. Among otherthings he says: I have had an opportunity recently ofstudying the methods some firemen u
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . , in wnich our be-longings met disaster, and that the ironshutters had been provided. LOCOMOTn K E NGIN BERING May. 1899. Converting Coal into Smoke. In the course of a private letter writtento this office by an engineer on the Chi-cago & Northwestern, a somewhat graphicaccount is given between the methods pur-sued by two firemen in performing thework necessary to keep the steam up onan express locomotive. Among otherthings he says: I have had an opportunity recently ofstudying the methods some firemen use inconverting coal into smoke, and inciden-tally (from appearances I might say un-intentionally) into steam. Let me men-tion notes of experience with two firemenon an express train of five cars; 85 miles;running time l hour and 50 minutes. Thefirst man commences his work at the startas though his father owned the mine thatsupplied the coal, without seeming to rea-son why or how. With the wind behind,in I hour and 55 minutes he passed fromthe tank into the pounds of. a mile ahead. No .smoke. I look at steamgage. He has her nailed there. I feel theinjector feed pipe; try the gage cocks. Henotices my embarrassment and blows outthe water glass; his movements directedby his brains adjusted to the circum-stances. Terminal on time; same as daybefore. Coal consumed 4,500 pounds; netsaving. poiuids. Springfield Shops of the Kansas City,Fort Scott & Memphis Railway. During a recent call at the Springfieldshops of the Kansas City, Fort Scott &Memphis Railway we saw one of theneatest and most orderly set of shops,grounds and roundhouse it has ever beenour good fortune to visit. They are incharge of Master Mechanic J. Bissett, whosays, The way to keep things neat andclean is not to let any man litter them up. headlight would not have shown tlic carsin lime to avert a serious smashup, withprobable loss of life; the electric light trouble is caused by t
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