. Electric railway journal . nel and emergency workwhich has proved indispensable in inspection work onone property is shown in an accompanying outfit consists of an automobile lamp, a piece of Vi-in. rubber hose about 6ft. long and a small tank ofPrestolite such as is used onmotorcycles or were drilled into thetop and sides of the automo-bile lamp and two handleswere attached to it. In ad-dition a leather case for thetank was made and fittedwith a strap to go over theinspectors shoulder. This is a very convenientequipment to carry, and bymeans of the strong
. Electric railway journal . nel and emergency workwhich has proved indispensable in inspection work onone property is shown in an accompanying outfit consists of an automobile lamp, a piece of Vi-in. rubber hose about 6ft. long and a small tank ofPrestolite such as is used onmotorcycles or were drilled into thetop and sides of the automo-bile lamp and two handleswere attached to it. In ad-dition a leather case for thetank was made and fittedwith a strap to go over theinspectors shoulder. This is a very convenientequipment to carry, and bymeans of the strong whitebeam, a tunnel inspector canlocate cracked insulators orother defects before actualportable lamps in use by breakdown occurs. Thetunnel inspector equipment of a 3000-ft. tun-nel is inspected twice eachday with the aid of this outfit, so there is small chancefor an insulator at any one of the forty stations failingwithout such failure being quickly detected. The totalweight of this equipment is 17 lb., and at the present. 1118 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 22 rate of inspection one tank charge will last about twoweeks. These emergency lights have proved useful inseveral directions as they can be used at night in makingtemporary repairs on the line and in inspection work. Varied Uses of a PneumaticTamping Outfit BY CHARLES BRENNAN Engineer Maintenance of Way, United Traction Company,Albany, N. T. The acuteness of the labor situation in 1915 necessi-tated a substitute for track laborers, and as the largersteam roads in the East during the seasons of 1914and 1915 were using pneumatic outfits with excellentresults in ballasting track, this company turned itsattention to the tamping question. After going intothe situation thoroughly it was decided to try out thepneumatic type of tamper. An order was accordinglyplaced for equipment for a trial test, and upon the com- to handle than one equipped to run over tracks, sinceit weighs in the neighborhood of 4500 lb. Where
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