. Railway mechanical engineer . Fig. 21—Miscellaneous Small Pressed Steel Parts Sf> much .s<j in fact tiiat it is often diftK ult to get necessarystraightening and other similar work done. Perhaps themost impressive work done under tliis liydraulic press is themanufacture of steam domes which, for one of the heavy classlocomotives, are in. high with a diameter of .51 J/2 domes arc made of V/^-m. sto(k, requiring five opera-tions under the press. Erecting Shop Work Referring to Fig. 1, the method in which locomotives areturned on the two turntables and shifted into the respec
. Railway mechanical engineer . Fig. 21—Miscellaneous Small Pressed Steel Parts Sf> much .s<j in fact tiiat it is often diftK ult to get necessarystraightening and other similar work done. Perhaps themost impressive work done under tliis liydraulic press is themanufacture of steam domes which, for one of the heavy classlocomotives, are in. high with a diameter of .51 J/2 domes arc made of V/^-m. sto(k, requiring five opera-tions under the press. Erecting Shop Work Referring to Fig. 1, the method in which locomotives areturned on the two turntables and shifted into the respective. Fig. 22—Partial View of East Erecting Shop handle particular jihascs of the work. For example, oneman on each side of tlie shop is res|K)nsible for the insjjects for cracks, calipers and bores the cylinders and\alve chambers. Other men are availal)le to help out wlicnfor any there are an unusually large luinibcr ofcylinders to bore. .Ml motion work and i)arts arc returnedto the engine 1() hours before it is due out. Weekly meetingsenable the foremen to kee|> in touch with the progress of thework ami (ic( ide on the locomotives going out in the ensuing\\c<k. ■{he general practice in welding frames at Reading is touse acetylene which has been done for a long period of timewith few failures. Two hundred frames on Philadelphia& Reading locomotives have been acetylene welded with notover five failures out of the whole number. This work comesunder the direction of G. L. Y(Hing, boiler shop foreman,who also furnished the i)h()tographs shown in lig. andt
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