Railway and Locomotive Engineering . tmentsat the present time. Railway Improvements in China There is now a through train servicebetween Peking and Pukow. Formerlypassengers had to change at Attache Julean Arnold under-stands that the company is to purchase 11block-steel car trains, of five cars each,to include compartment sleepers and ob-servation coaches, with arrangementswhich will permit the display of motionpictures, also train service from Pekingto Shanghai. Air Hose Fitting Machine in the WatervlietShops of the Delaware & Hudson Company Among other handy shop tools
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . tmentsat the present time. Railway Improvements in China There is now a through train servicebetween Peking and Pukow. Formerlypassengers had to change at Attache Julean Arnold under-stands that the company is to purchase 11block-steel car trains, of five cars each,to include compartment sleepers and ob-servation coaches, with arrangementswhich will permit the display of motionpictures, also train service from Pekingto Shanghai. Air Hose Fitting Machine in the WatervlietShops of the Delaware & Hudson Company Among other handy shop tools in theWatervliet shops of the Delaware &Hudson Co. there is a very simple hosefitting machine in the air brake shop. Itis used both for putting fittings on thehose and for stripping the same. The cross. The air inlet pipe is screwed intothe bottom hub and that leading to thecylinder into the one on the left. Afulcrum cast solid with the cross carriesan angle lever, the horizontal arm ofwhich is held normally up by the spring. mm ^^^r^^ —AIR HOSE FITTING MACIIIXIC OX nEI,.\\VARE AND HUDSON motive power is air that is used in an<^-in. freight brake cylinder. It was found,however, after trying the machine thatthe ordinary piston with its packing couldnot be used satisfactorily, so it was re-placed by a solid steel piston made from apiece of axle with a follower made ofboiler plate. A special air inlet valve hasbeen designed for rapid operation. Thisis shown on an enlarged scale on a sep-arate drawing and consists of a combina-tion inlet and exhaust valve. The bodyof the valve resembles an ordinary pipe as shown. This presses the vertical arm ofthe lever against the valve stem shownprojeoling from the riglit hand boss. Thisis the exhaust valve stem, and it is heldnormally open. The rod bending downfrom the left hand end of the lever is at-tached to a treadle on the floor. Whenthis is depressed the valve stem project-ing from the top boss is pushed in bythe horizontal p
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