. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ndsafer for the operator; and it will not re-quire a wearisome stretch of the mentalorganism to understand that a shopequipped with these and like schemes toaccomplish results with the fewest moves,is in the front rank in economical perform-ance. That is where the Waukesha shopshave long been located, having earned thedistinction of being one of the best-han-dled railroad plants in the West. of the operator, who has only to put outhis hand a short distance with the cer-tainty of finding what he is after.
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ndsafer for the operator; and it will not re-quire a wearisome stretch of the mentalorganism to understand that a shopequipped with these and like schemes toaccomplish results with the fewest moves,is in the front rank in economical perform-ance. That is where the Waukesha shopshave long been located, having earned thedistinction of being one of the best-han-dled railroad plants in the West. of the operator, who has only to put outhis hand a short distance with the cer-tainty of finding what he is after. The oldwooden shifter, and the blind gropings inempty air, above ones head, after thesame, are replaced by these efficient littleaffairs, on the most important machinetools. It is at once apparent that anymovement of the valve handle will eitherapply or release the air, and this is aparticularly strong point when, from con-siderations of safety, a machine should bestopped instantly, and also when cuttingscrew threads up to or near a James McNaughton, superintend- -£=€f. Lueoinotiix Enginttring PNEUMATIC CLUTCH SIIIFTUR, This device comprises an air cylinderplaced near the countershaft of the ma-chine it is to control; the cylinder has apiston with its head at mid-length ofcylinder, the rod extending out farenough to engage with the lower end ofa lever which has at its upper end theusual fork for a clutch, on the counter-shaft. A coiled spring holds the fork inits central position until air is used, andreturns it to the same place when air isexhausted, so that the clutch is inoperativeat all times except when air is used. The piece de resistance of this whole ar-rangement is the valve which controls theair, shown on the lathe bed at the side ofthe cone. It is of the rotary type, witha finish to comport with that of the ma-chine on which it is used. A handle ex-tends upward from it, within easy reach cnt of motive power and cars of the Wis-consin Central Lines, w
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