. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o leave it to you to decide; also why thisengine sucked so much snow in the \MF,s Smith. Bay City, Mich. [It is quite likely that the short bendsand other places for water to collect andfreeze had more to do with the pipesfreezing than the location of the reser-voirs. A pipe covered with snow will notfreeze any quicker than one expjsed tothe cold air. The main reservoir shouldbe placed at the lowest point of the air-brake system between the air pump andbrake valve, in order to let the water col- To
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o leave it to you to decide; also why thisengine sucked so much snow in the \MF,s Smith. Bay City, Mich. [It is quite likely that the short bendsand other places for water to collect andfreeze had more to do with the pipesfreezing than the location of the reser-voirs. A pipe covered with snow will notfreeze any quicker than one expjsed tothe cold air. The main reservoir shouldbe placed at the lowest point of the air-brake system between the air pump andbrake valve, in order to let the water col- Too Many Cooks, Etc. Editor: An amusing incident happened sometime ago, and as the joke happened tofall on a general manager we wont keepit, for we dont often get a chance to jokethem. The general manager referred tohad got to be pretty well up on the useand theory of air brakes. He had a verynice special valve put in his car, and aduplex gage of his own dgsign. His valvewas so constructed that he could drawfrom the train line and set the brake, orfrom the auxiliary reservoir and release. HANDY ARRANGEMENT OF CAB FIXTURES. lect there and be drained off. The firstplace given it was under the deck; but itsinterference with setting up the backwedges and cleaning the ash pan from be-hind caused it to be moved ahead, betweenthe frames back of the cylinder saddle. Aswill be seen, either of these locations,from an air-brake standpoint, is preferableto that on top of the rear of the tender,the build of the engine ofttimes forcesthe drum to this location, and by carefulattention to drainage, entire satisfactionis had. There is little doubt that the drumunder the deck causes an eddy whichsucks snow and sand into the back driv-ing boxes and ash pan througli the backdamper.—Ed.] it. So if he happened to be on a trainwith a high train line (his car was brak-ing at 100 per cent.) he would release hisbrake partly by bleeding the brakecylinder. Upon the occasion referred to, the gen-eral manag
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