. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ought not to notch or check tim-ber that is to be put under a, static or aworking strain. G. Sherwood. St. John. March, 1910. \VAV AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 99 Southern Pacific ; Enclosed you will find some photo-graphs of Southern Pacific engines andtrains, any one of which will, I think, in-terest the readers of your magazine. E. McBuRXEY. Oakland. Cat. \.\ very ingenious lamp for indicat-ing train numbers may be observed be-side the smoke stack, one on each side. boiler
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ought not to notch or check tim-ber that is to be put under a, static or aworking strain. G. Sherwood. St. John. March, 1910. \VAV AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 99 Southern Pacific ; Enclosed you will find some photo-graphs of Southern Pacific engines andtrains, any one of which will, I think, in-terest the readers of your magazine. E. McBuRXEY. Oakland. Cat. \.\ very ingenious lamp for indicat-ing train numbers may be observed be-side the smoke stack, one on each side. boiler I said to the man in charge, youhave been carrying too much steam; its awonder the boiler did not blow up. Why, Boss, said he, that didnt doit, but Ill tell you what did it. You seeI had a purty good head of steamwhen the belt came off. While they the belt I went down by the woodand brought back a fat rail fence that Iused to chuck up the lire a little. Thesteam gauge pointer up to the stop, was a good man and had worked inblacksmith shop for two years. , W. SOUTHERH PACIFIC TRAIN NO. 2 1-OK TlIK START. 1 he lamp has five divisions so that fivefigures or letters may be shown at atime. The glass of each division is about6 ins. wide by about 8 ins. high. Theouter or weather side of each division ismade of plain glass; behind that thestencil of figure or letter slides in agroove and behind the stencil is opal glassso that the figures are clearly visible dayor night. The lamp has a curved backstruck from a 20 9/16 ins. radius, andthis curve<l back forms a reflector for thelamp. The flat face of the lamp is aboutJO ins long. Where an electric headlightis used the indicator lamp is fitted withan electric bulb. The faces of theselamps are set an an angle nf 45 degs. tothe line of the track so that it is pos-sible to see the figures if one was standing directly in front of the engine, or ifhe was at right angles to the smokebox.—Edit
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