. Railroad digest . eering, August, IJOl, p. E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison, Topeka and SantaFe Railroad system, has been inspecting the Beaumont oilfields in Texas, and he says that he is satisfied of the practicalvalue of this oil for fuel in locomotives. All of the engineson the Atchison lines in Texas are to be equipped at once foroil. In less than a year Mr. Ripley expects to see oil usedas fuel on nearly all of the locomotives in the southwesternterritory. The use of this same quality of oil on railroads i-e-mote from the fields is a doubtful question, as it would notpay to
. Railroad digest . eering, August, IJOl, p. E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison, Topeka and SantaFe Railroad system, has been inspecting the Beaumont oilfields in Texas, and he says that he is satisfied of the practicalvalue of this oil for fuel in locomotives. All of the engineson the Atchison lines in Texas are to be equipped at once foroil. In less than a year Mr. Ripley expects to see oil usedas fuel on nearly all of the locomotives in the southwesternterritory. The use of this same quality of oil on railroads i-e-mote from the fields is a doubtful question, as it would notpay to go to any great expense for freightage. Peculiar Indicator Cards Railway and Locomotive Engineering. , 1901, p. 385. Mr. G. AV. Wilden, Mech. Engr. Central Rd of N. J., writesas follows: Attention is invited to the eight diagrams all ofwhich were taken from engine. No. 493, Central Railroad ofNew Jersey, having cylinders 20x28 inches, driving wheels 69inches over tires and piston valves of the internal R.,ol„. Cut 0„ M p. p1 P°. ■;? End. EnJ. I 48 =5 ISA 19 134 7 I!0 9i 15¥ 14 \l\ ir %4 ^ SO. I ■ 49-95 ,^■1: l20 JOO \(h nH 108 200 ^OA ao« % .40 145-5 120 During the test trip from which these cards were securedsomething like twenty cards were taken previous to Card here shown. All were normal and showed a reasonably gooddistribution of steam. When Card No. 2 was taken it indicatedto the operator a dry valve; one minute and thirty secondswere allowed to pass and Card No. 3 was taken. This cardgave evidence of an increase in the distortion at the back endwith a slight reduction of the trouble at the front end. Forty seconds were allowed to elapse when the next wastaken. Card No. 4 shows that in the front end of the cylinderthe distribution of steam is almost normal again, while in theback end the trouble is aggravated considerably beyond that inCard No. 3. The back end card of No. 4 resembles more closely a well-throttled ca
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