. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nds. Total weight on driving wheels—-36,000pounds. Wheel-base, driving—6 feet 9 inches. To Kelieve Injectors of Scale. As is well known to those who arcobliged to use soda-ash for a scale solventin locomotive boilers, the effect of theremedy on injectors is to rapidly clogthe tubes by a baking-on process, which,if not removed, .soon renders the instru-ment of little avail as a boiler feeder. Nu-merous ways^f removing this hard scalehave been resorted to, but Tione are assuccessful as that devised by Gene
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . nds. Total weight on driving wheels—-36,000pounds. Wheel-base, driving—6 feet 9 inches. To Kelieve Injectors of Scale. As is well known to those who arcobliged to use soda-ash for a scale solventin locomotive boilers, the effect of theremedy on injectors is to rapidly clogthe tubes by a baking-on process, which,if not removed, .soon renders the instru-ment of little avail as a boiler feeder. Nu-merous ways^f removing this hard scalehave been resorted to, but Tione are assuccessful as that devised by GeneralForeman Lyddon, of the Northern Pa-cific shops at Brainerd, Minn. The ideawas to use an agent that would attackthis scale with the same efficiency as thesoda-ash had shown in the boilers, andexperiments with muriatic acid gave re-sults that were satisfactory in all respects,not only with the injectors, but all otherparts liable to incrustation. The bathconsists of an old oil barrel, into which isplaced a large earthenware jar which con-tains the acid. Parts to be treated are al-. C.\TSKILL LOCOMOTINE. Mountain House, which, by the way. hasjust passed through its sea-son. The locomotive, it will be noted,carries the name of Mr. Charles L. gentleman and his two sons are own-ers and proprietors of the MountainHouse and are also largely interested inthe railroad. A glance at the illu.^tration will sufficeto .show that No. 4 is a modern locomo-tive and up-to-date even to a steam bell-ringer. The vacuum brake, however, isused instead of the air brake. This, ofcourse, prevents the use of the conduc-tors whistle signal on the engine, therebeing no air to operate it with. In thefront of most locomotive cabs there areusually two small sliding windows, whilein this one it will be noticed there is only■one sash, swung on hinges at the top andopening outward, making it possible tohave a circulation of air through the cab Wheel-base, total of engin
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