. American engineer and railroad journal . o, Burlington & Quincy for the last six monthsof 1909, pooled freight engines made on one division as high as4,167 miles per month and no engines on three divisions aver-aged 3,777 miles per month. On other roads passenger enginesdouble-crewed make an average of 6,500 to 7,500 miles permonth, one road reporting for engines in express service 418miles per day and 12,780 miles per month. • From a paper by William Forsyth before the joint meeting of theA. S. M. E and 1. M. E. at Birmingham, England. Ability Not Age the Gauge.—A mans age is only a factorw
. American engineer and railroad journal . o, Burlington & Quincy for the last six monthsof 1909, pooled freight engines made on one division as high as4,167 miles per month and no engines on three divisions aver-aged 3,777 miles per month. On other roads passenger enginesdouble-crewed make an average of 6,500 to 7,500 miles permonth, one road reporting for engines in express service 418miles per day and 12,780 miles per month. • From a paper by William Forsyth before the joint meeting of theA. S. M. E and 1. M. E. at Birmingham, England. Ability Not Age the Gauge.—A mans age is only a factorwhen it improves his ability, and if a young man has the sameability as an old man, that is, he has reached a high point ofefficiency at a younger age than other men, it is his good fortuneand he should not be deprived of this advantage because of hisage.—B. M. W. Hanson before the Hartford ManufacturersAssociation. 410 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL October, 1910 ^ f > 1 ^J 1 1 CQ i •t 2 i ^ ■\ 1 o 1 ■^ Z i a bl. o nU o aKH z o October, 1910. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND JOURNAL 411 LOCOMOTIVE WITH WATER TUBE FIRE BOX.
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