. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . to .•\merican railroads has justbeen issued by the Illinois Central, en-titled, What Every Employe ShouldKnow. The history of thedevelopment of the railroad from theshort strip between Chicago and Calumet,III., to the 6,186 miles of track now inoperation forms an admirable illustrationof what enterprise has accomplished inopening up one of the richest sections ofthe continent. The book should have awider circulation than among the em-ployes. It might be truly said that theoriginal
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . to .•\merican railroads has justbeen issued by the Illinois Central, en-titled, What Every Employe ShouldKnow. The history of thedevelopment of the railroad from theshort strip between Chicago and Calumet,III., to the 6,186 miles of track now inoperation forms an admirable illustrationof what enterprise has accomplished inopening up one of the richest sections ofthe continent. The book should have awider circulation than among the em-ployes. It might be truly said that theoriginal constructors builded better thanthey knew, as the road is now the mainartery of commerce in fifteen States,some of which are larger and of morereal value than several European princi-palities. DIAMOND STEEL EMERY For Grinding In Steam and Air Joint* CUTS BUT NEVER BREAKS A Railroad Shop Necessity PITTSBURGH CRUSHED STEEL CO. PITTSBURGH, PA., U. S. A. Nichols Transfer TablesTurntable Tractors GEO. P. NICHOLS & BRO. 2139 Fulton Street, Chicago For Testing and WashingLocomotive Boilers USE THE. Rue Boiler Washerand Tester SEND FOR CATALOGUE Rue Manufacturing Co. 228 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pa. Manufacturers of InJectorB. Ejectors, Boiler Washers and Testers. Boiler Checks, Ihecb Valvei. lELEO IRON FLUSH OR DRV CLOSETS DUNERCAR CLOSETS DUNER CO. IIS S. CLINTON ST., CHICAGO RlilSSLEKiiMCiJiii A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXXIV 114 Liberty Street, New York, September, 1921 No. 9 Physical and Operating Conditions on theDenver & Salt Lake Railroad The Traffic Hauled and Results of a Recent Demonstration of theAutomatic Straight Air Brake The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad was nental divide of the Rocky Mountains at the grade westward is ascending at the projected to run from Denver, Colo., to Corona, at a distance of about miles rate of per cent for miles, then Salt Lake, Utah. The construction was from Denver. follows a ru
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