Railway and Locomotive Engineering . st deposited on thisgrate and partly consumed; the combus-tion gases pass downward through thegrate, meeting the supply of compressedair. By means of a reciprocating agitatorthe partially consumed fuel is caused tofall then upon a second grate of the ordi-nary type, where combustion is com-pleted. 62 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. February, 1911. Erie Names Engines after their Prominent Locomotive Engineers The Erie Railroad management,which may always be depended upon toperform some kindly act towards oldemployees, has recently made thehearts of sever
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . st deposited on thisgrate and partly consumed; the combus-tion gases pass downward through thegrate, meeting the supply of compressedair. By means of a reciprocating agitatorthe partially consumed fuel is caused tofall then upon a second grate of the ordi-nary type, where combustion is com-pleted. 62 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. February, 1911. Erie Names Engines after their Prominent Locomotive Engineers The Erie Railroad management,which may always be depended upon toperform some kindly act towards oldemployees, has recently made thehearts of several of the old engineersbeat happily by putting the name ofeach upon the engine he operates. Ourillustrations shows one of the standardpassenger engines with the name of vice on the Erie will be and is recog-nized in a very suitable and pleasingmanner. Apparent Size Due to Distance. There is an old poetic saying that Dis-tance lends enchantment to the view,and this is true in a more or less realsense as the distant mountains, steeped. ERIE ENGINE NAMED THE JOHN VVONDERLY. John Wonderly painted on the cab be-low the window. Mr. Wonderly is oneof the veterans of the throttle. The compliment is peculiarly gratif}-ing to Mr. Wonderly on account ofone incident of his early he was first employed as fire-man, many years ago, it was customaryto name engines after the directors ofthe company. On one occasion an en-gine so named passed the one was firing, and his engineersaid to him, Do you suppose you willever live to see your name on an en-gine like that? Mr. Wonderly an-swered in the negative, but he never-theless went on during all these yearsworking steadily and gradually build-ing up a reputation for ability and goodwork which has been recognized bythe company by giving him the honorwhich was in olden days reserved al-most exclusively for directors and thehigher officers of the company. Weare able to present to our readers apicture of Mr. Wonderlys engine
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