. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . DEVICE FOR TIRE TURNING. placed back on the floor. One man canoperate this, and it is a very small jobfor two men to roll the wheels and putthem in and tighten centers. The cost is very small, and this rig isabout as efficient as a crane where thereare not a great number of wheels to beturned, and the upkeep cost is nothing. Atlanta, Ga. R. S. Booth. locomotive crosshead guide bars. A isthe center expander adjusted in the cyl-inder center in the front end of cylinder,and can be readily proved
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . DEVICE FOR TIRE TURNING. placed back on the floor. One man canoperate this, and it is a very small jobfor two men to roll the wheels and putthem in and tighten centers. The cost is very small, and this rig isabout as efficient as a crane where thereare not a great number of wheels to beturned, and the upkeep cost is nothing. Atlanta, Ga. R. S. Booth. locomotive crosshead guide bars. A isthe center expander adjusted in the cyl-inder center in the front end of cylinder,and can be readily proved to be in thecenter by calipers or otherwise. B showsa tapering attachment, or cone, pressed asfar as possible in the stuffing box in backend of cylinder. If the stuffing box isclean the cone is unerring in regard to: i entral pi isitii in, and no timespent in further proof of the. CEN1 ER EXPANDER IN CYLINDER. exact central location of the extendingshaft. As is well known, a string is notonly difficult of adjustment, but its flex-ibility is an abiding drawback to its re-liability. With the device described, theidts may be obtained both in theperpendicular and horizontal adjustmentof the guide bars. The dimensions of theparts of the device, of course, may besuch as are readily adaptable to the sizesof the cylinders, but adjustable threadedends on the front end appliance mayreadily give a range varying in severalinches of diameters of Canada. J. G. Koppell. Setting Guides and : Enclosed are sketches showing a home-made device for quick use in setting the Locomotive Tests on : A saving of from 29 per cent, to 32 percent, in coal and 27 per cent, in water perton-mile in freight service has beeneffected on the Delaware. Lackawanna &Western by the introduction of a heavyami powerful class of Mikado locomotive
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