. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . andards alreadyadopted. The suggestions to be voted ondo not propose any radical departuresfrom present practice; but the one refer-ring to the 5x9-inch axle and journal details, for cars of poundscapacity, proposes to remove them fromthe list of recommended practice andplace them among the standards. Theremaining changes to be balloted on,mainly referring to alteration of shapesor dimensions, are clearly stated, andwhile apparently of small moment, arereally of importance in bringing det
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . andards alreadyadopted. The suggestions to be voted ondo not propose any radical departuresfrom present practice; but the one refer-ring to the 5x9-inch axle and journal details, for cars of poundscapacity, proposes to remove them fromthe list of recommended practice andplace them among the standards. Theremaining changes to be balloted on,mainly referring to alteration of shapesor dimensions, are clearly stated, andwhile apparently of small moment, arereally of importance in bringing detailsup to the degree of perfection aimed atby the standing committee. s i i Pneumatic Drills for Car Work. There is no better way of convincingsceptics of the uses and advantages oipneumatic tools than by showing themat work in actual service. The operatorof the drill shown is evidently much morecontented and in a happier frame of mindthan if he was boring the hole by hand,and the amount of work done is sure tobe several times as great. This is theWhitelaw No. 6 piston air drill, which. A HANDY TOOI, FOR TNHANDY WOltK. seems particularly adapted for such work,and which is made by the Chicago Pneu-matic Tool Company, of Chicago, 111. The Excelsior Boiler Gaskets made bythe Boston Belting Company have a wireinsertion which adds materially to theirlife. They are used on all pressures, andtheir dirability is shown by their beingused over and over, frequently for two orthree years. This is quite an item wherehundreds of boilers are used. September, 1898. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 4« Frame Splices and Pedestal Binders. BY R. E. MARKS. Ever since John Duzenbury went youngPhipot one better on the eccentric, he(Philpot) has been trying to find a weakspot, so as to get one ahead of said Duzen-bury. The other day he came into Duzen-burys office, and as he didnt seem to beparticularly busy, Philpot hauled out acouple of sketches for examination. and Ive come to the conclusion that theframe
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