. Railway master mechanic [microform] . r the ashes from the pitto the car. This system is used in numerous places throughoutthe country and is found to be a most saving device The following figures taken from the cost of operating achute during one month of 1907 and also the cost of operating a Browning locomotive crane for the same work besides handling the ashes in one month of 1908 No. of ion- handled, chute, 84*2; cram B322 Gihandling coal : chute. $; crane. $ I handling cinders; without cram, $; with crane, $ I he above shows a saving of almost m per cent. This m
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . r the ashes from the pitto the car. This system is used in numerous places throughoutthe country and is found to be a most saving device The following figures taken from the cost of operating achute during one month of 1907 and also the cost of operating a Browning locomotive crane for the same work besides handling the ashes in one month of 1908 No. of ion- handled, chute, 84*2; cram B322 Gihandling coal : chute. $; crane. $ I handling cinders; without cram, $; with crane, $ I he above shows a saving of almost m per cent. This ma-chine more than paid for itself in one years time. Somi piwhere all conditions arc favorable the saving has surpassed thisand has gone over 50 per cent. This is only on,- of the numerousinstances where saving has been accomplished by using a locomotive crane. I here are various accessories to the locomotive crane. Tin-last crane mentioned above use- a Browning clam shell automatic grab bucket. For handling iron and steel in any Fig. 2—Locomotive Crane. Nickel Plate Railroad. castings, pigs, -beet or -crap iron, a Browning electro lift magneti- often used, which i- a most valuable labor saving device. Thecrane ma) also be equipped with a scraper bucket or a steamshovel attachment, thus enabling the locomotive crane to be usedas an excavator or railroad ditcher of no mean ability. Eachda) the operator- anil owners of these machines find something-new for them to do and they always do their part. The linnwill soon be here when a great demand will be made for loco-motive cranes, as their ability is an unknown quantity. Locomotive and Car Shops at Spirit Lake, Idaho Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad So much consideration has been devoted in the past to thevery large locomotive shops, that the subject of arrangement andequipment of terminal facilities in smaller units has been ratherneglected. A good example of the latter type of shop is foundat Spirit Lake, Idaho, on t
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