. The locomotive engineer . be giving satisfaction. These engines have a recordof considerably more than 60 miles an These macliines are black, all bhe paint abovethe running board being jet, and the bands on thejacket being of Russia iron. Rods and runninggear, usually finished, are painted light gray. The cabs are roomy and convenient. The menare made comfortable by cushioned seats and backrests, and the levers and cocks are arrangedas though they were to be handled, and notlosee how evenly they could be distributedover the boiler head. Every Rock Island man can be proud ofthese engin
. The locomotive engineer . be giving satisfaction. These engines have a recordof considerably more than 60 miles an These macliines are black, all bhe paint abovethe running board being jet, and the bands on thejacket being of Russia iron. Rods and runninggear, usually finished, are painted light gray. The cabs are roomy and convenient. The menare made comfortable by cushioned seats and backrests, and the levers and cocks are arrangedas though they were to be handled, and notlosee how evenly they could be distributedover the boiler head. Every Rock Island man can be proud ofthese engines—they are far above the A number of passenger locomotives ontbe Chesapeake & Ohio are to be equippedwith locomotive headlights.—Railway , passing Rear View. The details of the rods, showing thoir de5ig:nand finish, will be published next month. The valve travel is oj; outside lap, I, and in-side lap. 3^. The ports are lixl7, the exhaustport being 2i. The valve is of the Allen or trick port style,iiud is balanced by two round rings on lop work-ing against a balance plate, much the same as theRichardson. We never saw any ring packing thatkept tight very long, but this is new and seems to W. H. Silverthom, of Cleveland, Ohio, haspatented a piston car jack, operated by compressedair or steam. The bottom of tbe cylinder, whichforms the body of the jack, has a two-way cockconnection, and a length of hose terminating io astandard coupling. This is coupled to the irainhose, and the pressure used to lift tbe car or box,_For quickly changing brasses or packing boxes,this plan seems to have several points in its the least of which is the saving of time. September, 1891] THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER. (In the Fuutplnt« in (iif Argoiil
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