. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . TABLET C.\TCinNr. To ENGINE. on the left hand side of both up and the tablet instrument at the entrance to down lines, and carrying a sliding top a block, it is put into a leather pouch, operated by a handle. To this slide is made as shown in Fig. 3. This pouch is affixed a cross arm with a spring catcher made of tough leather flanged top and at one end and a delivery spring at the bottom and strongly sewed on the. IN THE .\CT OF \NGING T.\BLETS. Other. A somewhat


. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . TABLET C.\TCinNr. To ENGINE. on the left hand side of both up and the tablet instrument at the entrance to down lines, and carrying a sliding top a block, it is put into a leather pouch, operated by a handle. To this slide is made as shown in Fig. 3. This pouch is affixed a cross arm with a spring catcher made of tough leather flanged top and at one end and a delivery spring at the bottom and strongly sewed on the. IN THE .\CT OF \NGING T.\BLETS. Other. A somewhat similar arrangementis placed on the engine, the catcher beingcarried on a hinged arm fixed to side ofthe cab, but with the position of springcatcher and delivery spring reversed. The tablet is a circular disk, 45^ diameter, made of aluminum facedwith brass on one side. It is perforated edges. It is about 7 ins. wide by 8 , and is again sewed at the bottom toconform with the curvature of the low-er half of the tablet. When the tablet is dropped into poucha notch in the table helps to prevent itturning and holds the number oppositean appropriate slot cut in the leather 568 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING December. 1904. case, so that the number is always visi-ble without removing the tablet fromthe pouch. The pocket cover or top ofthe pouch fits the upper curvature of thetablet and its pressure on the metallic diskalso helps to prevent rotation and keepsthe designating number opposite the slot to become careless


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