. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . resident ofthe American Railway Master MechanicsAssociation jh 1908, and is a memberof many of the leading engineering so-cieties. 64 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING February, 1918 OBITUARY. George W. Kiehm. It is with a feeling of profound sorruwthat we have learned of the death ofGeorge W. Kiehm, at his residence inWashington, D. C. Mr. Kiehm was inthe front rank of air brake experts inAmerica and conducted the Air BrakeDepartment in Railway and LocomotiveEngineering since 1909. He was a
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . resident ofthe American Railway Master MechanicsAssociation jh 1908, and is a memberof many of the leading engineering so-cieties. 64 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING February, 1918 OBITUARY. George W. Kiehm. It is with a feeling of profound sorruwthat we have learned of the death ofGeorge W. Kiehm, at his residence inWashington, D. C. Mr. Kiehm was inthe front rank of air brake experts inAmerica and conducted the Air BrakeDepartment in Railway and LocomotiveEngineering since 1909. He was alsochief air brake inspector of the Washing-ton Terminal Company. He was fromJohnsbury. Pa., and entered the service ofthe Baltimore & Ohio in 1895. He .hada wide experience on several of theHastern roads, particularly on the An-napolis, Washington & Baltimore, thePennsylvania, and latterly on the Wash-ington Terminal. Of a studious dispo-sition, his writings, particularly on airbrake subjects, were marked by clearnessand a degree of exactness that has hadfew equals Many of the leading air. GEORGK W. KIEHM. brake instructors have been using monthly contributions to ourpages as the leading feature of their in-struction to railway men studying the airbrake. The course now running in theQuestion and Answer form is among hisleading works, and as he had finished thecomplete series, his work will continue toappear in our pages for the greater partof the present year. Of a modest andgentlemanly disposition, he was muchesteemed in railroad circles and will begreatly missed at the conventions andother meetings of railway men. Cleveland, Ohio. Existing war condi-tions are believed to be a compellingforce to hold a convention, rather thana deterrent against it, for the good rea-son that the Air Brake Association is aneducational organization whose wholeactivities are directed to improve the airbrake service on American railroads, anddoubly so in war times. In referring tothe sho
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