. American engineer and railroad journal . erpart being made of s/16 in. boiler plate and the upper part of 3/16in. steel reinforced on the inside by two 1*4 in- «mgle irons. Thesmall door is controlled by a 2 in. shaft, to which it is securelyattached, and which is operated through a worm and worm-wheelby an 18 in. bar or crank on the outside of the car. The lowerdoor is first raised about 10 in., allowing the grain to start run-ning and cave away from the top part of the door, after whichboth doors are raised and turned back flush with the door post,where they are practically locked in posit
. American engineer and railroad journal . erpart being made of s/16 in. boiler plate and the upper part of 3/16in. steel reinforced on the inside by two 1*4 in- «mgle irons. Thesmall door is controlled by a 2 in. shaft, to which it is securelyattached, and which is operated through a worm and worm-wheelby an 18 in. bar or crank on the outside of the car. The lowerdoor is first raised about 10 in., allowing the grain to start run-ning and cave away from the top part of the door, after whichboth doors are raised and turned back flush with the door post,where they are practically locked in position. In tests recently made at the Central City elevator in Peoriathe door of a car was raised and the unloaders were in the carin four minutes. Roundhouse Facilities.—A good roundhouse foreman anda good yard master can go a long way towards running a rail-road, but neither of them can do very much unless he has menand facilities to work with.—/. A. Droege before the New Eng-land Railroad Club. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD BAKER-PILLIODLOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEAR
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