. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d and Safety. The following is an extract from avery comprehensive circular issued byMr. Daniel Williard, second vice-presi-dent of the Chicago, Burlington & QuincyRailway. It is addressed to engineershandling passenger trains and others con-nected with that service. Mr. Williard,who is in charge of operation on thatroad, speaks as follows in one part of thiscircular. While we are , of course, t3have all trains run as nearly as possibleon time, still this further thought shouldbe kept
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . d and Safety. The following is an extract from avery comprehensive circular issued byMr. Daniel Williard, second vice-presi-dent of the Chicago, Burlington & QuincyRailway. It is addressed to engineershandling passenger trains and others con-nected with that service. Mr. Williard,who is in charge of operation on thatroad, speaks as follows in one part of thiscircular. While we are , of course, t3have all trains run as nearly as possibleon time, still this further thought shouldbe kept in mind, that the first considera-tion should at all times be given to thesafety and comfort of passengers. Thereis hardly any piece of main track on theBurlington Line that will not ridesmoothly at some certain rate of speed,and it may probably also be said thatthere is hardly any piece of track on theBurlington or any other railroad whichwould not ride improperly if run overat too high a rate of speed. Engineerswlio are constantly running over the samepiece of road soon learn its character-. HOMESTEAD liLOW-OI-F V.\LVE. istics, and they should regulate the speedto suit the conditions. The engineer whocan make the required time, and at thelowest maximum rate of speed, is the manwho excels as a runner, and to accomplishthis it is necessary to get the train quick-ly in motion after stops, maintain re-quired speed to reach the next stop atthe proper time, and do all that restswith him to do to reduce delay at sta-tions to the lowest possible limit. Locomotive Blow-Off Homestead locomotive blow-offvalve is used on many of the largerailroads in the country. It is alsolargely used in stationary work foreither water, steam or air. The loco-motive blow-off valve is made on thesame principle as the straightway ■^^SU.
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