. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hat the August, igoi RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 361 whistle would sound by springing thepipe mentioned. Finally we found that thebolt in the corner of the cab stand hadworn through the pipe and the spring ofthe pipe made an air-tight joint. Thejar of the engine the leak in thepipe and caused the whistle to sound. Weput in a new piece of pipe, cut off the l)oltand everything was O. K. I hope thismay benefit some of the readers of R.\ .vND Locomotive
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . hat the August, igoi RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 361 whistle would sound by springing thepipe mentioned. Finally we found that thebolt in the corner of the cab stand hadworn through the pipe and the spring ofthe pipe made an air-tight joint. Thejar of the engine the leak in thepipe and caused the whistle to sound. Weput in a new piece of pipe, cut off the l)oltand everything was O. K. I hope thismay benefit some of the readers of R.\ .vND Locomotive L. Smith,Grand Trunk Huron, ^fuh. in good shape. To make the pump lively,the reversing valve bush and valve mustbe replaced and new rings put in allaround. You may think that this is little enoughwork to put cm a pump, but I know ofsome who thought too much. .\. Repairs of Air Pumps. It has frequenty occurred to the writerthat the matter of overhauling and re-pairing air pump has not been followed upas well as it might be. We too often wailuntil tlic pump breaks down or gets into. Among the many uses of the 8-inchThe large picture shows the divers maidsmall picture is the diver going down. Worn Out Air Pumps. I well remember the troubles experi-enced in placing into good services worn-out 8-inch air pumps that had been allowedto run down during slack times of busi-ness. When a rush commenced, the trou-bles came thick and fast. There was littleair, lots of hot pumps, freezing up in coldsnaps, and breakdowns generally. The only way to attack the problem wasto put a pump into good shape in the shopand exchange it with that one on engine. This was a big job. Every piston rodwas found to be short—a very serious con-dition, as a pump would very quickly heatwith a short piston rod. Nearly everypump had to have a new piston rod or apiece welded on. Every pump had to be boiled for daysto clear the air passages, air cylindersbored that were much out, and giving newpis
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