. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . truth, the whole truth andnothing but the truth. Its record, ofcourse, tends that way more or less, asthe engineers, inspectors and repair menattend to their various duties. A common form is a blank book of con-venient size, in which is recorded by theman who made the inspection on arrivalthe various ailments of the a date is entered; at othertimes it is not. When the foreman in ir, past. Now it should be used as a recordof the condition of fhe entire machine onarrival, and a notice
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . truth, the whole truth andnothing but the truth. Its record, ofcourse, tends that way more or less, asthe engineers, inspectors and repair menattend to their various duties. A common form is a blank book of con-venient size, in which is recorded by theman who made the inspection on arrivalthe various ailments of the a date is entered; at othertimes it is not. When the foreman in ir, past. Now it should be used as a recordof the condition of fhe entire machine onarrival, and a notice of the defects anddisabled parts which need attention beforeanother trip is made. This is necessary toprotect the employe, whether an engine-man or a repair man, by giving a detailedaccount of the work needed. The bookshould show just what work was markedout by fortman as not to be done at thattime, and what repairs were made and bywhom. Where the clerical force does nottake care of the reports of work neededand work done en each engine, the bookshould have the work needed on one page. FOUR-CVLIXDER COMPOUND fOK E.\STERX RAILWAY OF FR.\NCE. They have shifting link,and automatic air brakes. steam sanders In spite of the extra large edition ofJanuary—25,000 copies—they were allgene by the tenth of the month. Showshow a good thing is appreciated; but we• are sorry to disappoint so many whowanted to commence with January. It i,^very difficult to gauge the demand for anykind of publication. _as some editions goout of print long before others, withoutany apparent reason. Well be all right onthe rest of the year, though, so dont hesi-tate on that account. charge of the repairs looks the report over,he runs his pencil through such items ashe does not wish to have attended to forthat trip. In other cases the repair manworks out some more of the items whichhe considers in shape to make anothertrip, and marks out in the same mannersuch work as he attended to, so that thereis no exac
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