. Railway mechanical engineer . ough a dis-cussion of some of the problems encountered, to call atten-tion to the necessity for a more complete and accurate knowl-edge of car work. There are operating today on the railroads of the United the large railroad- showed that the car department averaged40 per cent of the total, and the locomotive departingper cent. The following itemized cost of operating a freighttrain of 50 cars 100 miles furnishes another indication ofthe relative amount of money -pent in each department: Locomotive maintenance Fqel Freight car maintenance Total $ Although th
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