. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Rocket was the mostpopular engine for imitation. Yet in theyear 1832, when Mathias Baldwin builthis first engine, the Railroad Journal wasstarted and the publishers put an en-graving of Ericssons Novelty on topof the front page. .\ correspondent writing from order some of our books on engineer-ing subjects, gives some informationabout his surroundings; he says: I amworking on the greatest road in theworld. We get up to an elevation ofnearly ft.; there are 58 tunnelsand 8 switch
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Rocket was the mostpopular engine for imitation. Yet in theyear 1832, when Mathias Baldwin builthis first engine, the Railroad Journal wasstarted and the publishers put an en-graving of Ericssons Novelty on topof the front page. .\ correspondent writing from order some of our books on engineer-ing subjects, gives some informationabout his surroundings; he says: I amworking on the greatest road in theworld. We get up to an elevation ofnearly ft.; there are 58 tunnelsand 8 switchbacks on the line. The roadis 222 kilometers long (about 138 miles).We have Baldwin and Rogers engine? ofabout 90 tons. There are several Amer-icans running here. Such as everyone is inwardly, so hejudges outwardly.—Thomas d Kempis. 550 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING December, 1904. Elbow Grease ingenious adaptation of air to savemuscular exertion has been made in theMcKees Rocks shops of the Pittsburgh& Lake Erie Railroad. In one corner ofthe tool room, which is really an area. predicted from the use of grease hasnot materialized. There is also an en-tire absence of pounds of any descriptionabout the engine, which fact speaks vol-umes for the crews in charge. Althoughthe engine is doubled crewed, no failureof any kind has been recorded againsteither crew since the engine was as-signed to them on this run. AIRCYLINDER AIR INLET AIR MECHANISM FOR GRINDER. partitioned oflf, they have a Sellerstool grinder, and, to the handle, whichthe operator uses to turn the tool onthe emery wheel, there has been attach-ed a modest upright air cylinder withpiston valves and tapet valve gear. When this little air machine is setin motion it moves the handle up anddown with more regularity than a manwould do it, and with far moresolemnity, but it accomplishes its purposeand turns out a good job. It is appre-ciated in the shop for its readiness tolend a helping hand when tools haveto
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