. Railway mechanical engineer . ^^ Wood Pasteboard Fig. 1 — Hand Mirror for Inspecting the Inner Side of Arch Bars ssful in aiding the inspector to locate these inspector is provided with a small hand mirror, such asis shown in Fig. 1. By holding it on the inside of the barany crack or other defect can be readily discovered. Theresults obtained are astonishing. On one road in five months. Fig. 2—Truck for Carrying Couplers time, l,4s;s failures were discovered which by the ordinarymethod of inspection would have been missed. Thirty-fourbroken bars were discovered in this way in two
. Railway mechanical engineer . ^^ Wood Pasteboard Fig. 1 — Hand Mirror for Inspecting the Inner Side of Arch Bars ssful in aiding the inspector to locate these inspector is provided with a small hand mirror, such asis shown in Fig. 1. By holding it on the inside of the barany crack or other defect can be readily discovered. Theresults obtained are astonishing. On one road in five months. Fig. 2—Truck for Carrying Couplers time, l,4s;s failures were discovered which by the ordinarymethod of inspection would have been missed. Thirty-fourbroken bars were discovered in this way in two months atone terminal, forty-two at another in one month and seventy-six at another in ten days. *From a paper on Car Department Problems presented by E. E. Griest,master mechanic, Pennsylvania Lines, Ft. Wayne, Ind., at the GeneralForemens Convention. II iigoii for Hauling Couplers.—It is necessary in even-car department to transport considerable material from pointto point in the repair yard. Any simple device whichreduces the time and labor in handling material is worthyof consideration. In Fig. 4 is shown a truck designedfor readily handling couplers. The wagon is tiltedforward until the rear hook engages the cored hole at theend of the coupler shank. When the truck is again broughtto a horizontal position, the coupler swings high enough offthe ground to clear objects 6 in. high. Wit
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