. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . fect existing in the wheels—if de-fect it would be considered—whish couldnot have been corrected in the track,or defect in the track in its relation tothe wheels which could not have beencorrected by properly gauging thewheels. I know of no shorter way 01explaining the matter than by a simplecitation of the facts in the case as pi n\oil. SI lice of weight on the truck was caus-ing the diflicuity. Twenty-three hundred^pounds, or thereabouts, of metal wasIjlaced on the front end of these engine
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . fect existing in the wheels—if de-fect it would be considered—whish couldnot have been corrected in the track,or defect in the track in its relation tothe wheels which could not have beencorrected by properly gauging thewheels. I know of no shorter way 01explaining the matter than by a simplecitation of the facts in the case as pi n\oil. SI lice of weight on the truck was caus-ing the diflicuity. Twenty-three hundred^pounds, or thereabouts, of metal wasIjlaced on the front end of these enginesback of the bumper beam, and by thetime the engines were fully equipped thederailments had practically disappeared,and the mechanical department wasgiven the credit of having remedied adefect in these engines by the applica-tion of the weight, which has been sug-gested as a remedy in your editorial. During the time that the engines on the Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis were being derailed the engines were running on the K. C, M. & B. on much curve; and that class of engines. THE FtYINC, Y.\NKEE ON THE M.\INE CENTRAL. -•Kbout the year 1887 the Kansas City,Ft. Scott & Memphis purchased a num-ber of lo-wheel engines and the K. C,M. & B. and associated lines purchaseda number of exactly the same engines practically gave troublefrom the start on the Kansas, Ft. Scott& Memphis on track which would bedesignated as crooked, and these derail-ments occurred so frequently that theycompelled the discontinuing of the useof these engines on certain sections ofthe line—generally branches. The de-railments were practically all confinedon the main line to a certain district ofnot over 20 miles in extent where curveswere numerous and rather sharp. Af-ter a conference with the general super-intendent it was decided as being a pos-sible preventive to put weight on theengine truck, as it was thought that lbs. was too light, and that the ab- made, as I recollect
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