. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . No. 10—Air Hammer Stand No. 11—Rivet Catcher Tests Show Unnecessary Stops Cause Large Coal Waste TO ALL CONCERNED: Eighteen tests have been made recently, by Road Foremen of Engines, on Balti-more and Ohio—Western Lines, for the purpose of determining how much coal is requiredto stop and start a slow freight train. These tests were run an average of 1\ miles each,one trip without a stop and one trip coming to a full stop, with the following results: Average coal consumption when making stop 1,532 pounds Average coal consumption when no stop is made 1,2
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . No. 10—Air Hammer Stand No. 11—Rivet Catcher Tests Show Unnecessary Stops Cause Large Coal Waste TO ALL CONCERNED: Eighteen tests have been made recently, by Road Foremen of Engines, on Balti-more and Ohio—Western Lines, for the purpose of determining how much coal is requiredto stop and start a slow freight train. These tests were run an average of 1\ miles each,one trip without a stop and one trip coming to a full stop, with the following results: Average coal consumption when making stop 1,532 pounds Average coal consumption when no stop is made 1,204 pounds Excess coal consumed per stop 328 pounds It will be noted that 328 pounds of coal are required to stop and start a slow freighttrain, or, that 21 per cent, more coal is used than if no stop is made over the samestretch of track. Unnecessary stops are caused principally by the following: Signal failures Unnecessary flagging by MaintenanceFailure of operator to give clear signal Department promptly Indifferent train dispatc
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