. Railway mechanical engineer . sts and balance sheets, and himself is usually under thenecessity of earning a livelihood by his profession. Hence,an ostrich-like pretense that trade and finance have no con-cern for him is mere affectation, and we are glad to see thatboth the civil and electrical engineers have begun, somewhatshjdy it may be, but effectively, to recognize their responsi-bilities in this connection.—The Electrical Review (London.) HANDLING RODS AT MACON SHOPS* BY C. L, DICKERT Superintendent of Shops, Central of Georgia, Macon, Ga. When locomotives are stripped all rods, brasse
. Railway mechanical engineer . sts and balance sheets, and himself is usually under thenecessity of earning a livelihood by his profession. Hence,an ostrich-like pretense that trade and finance have no con-cern for him is mere affectation, and we are glad to see thatboth the civil and electrical engineers have begun, somewhatshjdy it may be, but effectively, to recognize their responsi-bilities in this connection.—The Electrical Review (London.) HANDLING RODS AT MACON SHOPS* BY C. L, DICKERT Superintendent of Shops, Central of Georgia, Macon, Ga. When locomotives are stripped all rods, brasses, etc., aresent to the cleaning vat for cleaning, being handled from theengine to the vat by an overhead traveling crane. The clean-ing vat is located at the end of the erecting shop. All partsthat are to be cleaned are placed in a basket large enough tohold all parts from one locomotive. This basket is placedin the vat in the afternoon and allowed to soak over first thing the next morning the basket is removed and. Chuck for Slotting the Strap Fit In the Main Rod Brasses placed on the floor and the parts are washed with clearwater. The rods are then delivered by a special gang oflaborers to the rod gang, where they are thoroughly inspectedfor cracks, worn eyes, worn or cracked straps. If the rodsor straps are bent they are sent to the smith shop for straight-ening. If the straps are worn they are sent to the smith shopto be closed and they are re-slotted when heavy enough tobe reworked. When they are cracked or are too light newstraps are made. We do not weld cracks in the rods orstraps. Where the rod eyes or knuckle pin holes areworn they are carried to a horizontal boring bar by a travelingcrane, and the rod eyes are bored true and the knuckle pinholes are reamed. Before the rods are removed from the pins, when strip-ping the locomotive, the foreman or some competent mandetermines whether or not the bushings need renewing. Ifall or part of the bushings are good,
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