. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . specialpurpose in the yards, the moral effect onthe trainmen on the road is such as toinduce them to make a little greater ef-fort than formerly to part the hose byhand whenever separating the cars. A pair of hose and fittings cost about$ On a train of 50 cars this wouldbring the total value of the hose andfittings up to a little over $160. The manhired to part the hose by hand may behad for $ or $ per day. Taking the saving in hose and fittings 26 RAILWAY AXL) LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEE
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . specialpurpose in the yards, the moral effect onthe trainmen on the road is such as toinduce them to make a little greater ef-fort than formerly to part the hose byhand whenever separating the cars. A pair of hose and fittings cost about$ On a train of 50 cars this wouldbring the total value of the hose andfittings up to a little over $160. The manhired to part the hose by hand may behad for $ or $ per day. Taking the saving in hose and fittings 26 RAILWAY AXL) LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING January. igoS. alone into account, it is easily seen thatthe plan has considerable merit to rec-ommend it. When the saving in timeand the prevention of damage, caused byruptured hose, to trains on the road aswell as the prevention of brake pipeleakage is also considered, it means thatthe employment of men for the solepurpose of parting hose by hand is awise move in railroad operation. Keep the Pump Strainers air pumps, especially at this sea-son of the year, commence to show signs. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TR.\NSCON-TINENTAl, TRAIN AT FIELD, B. C. of falling ofif in capacity to accumulatethe standard pressure in the properlength of time, apparently without goodreason, and without an intelligent inves-tigation as to the cause of this lack ofair making capacity are often condemnedas being in bad condition. It has been our experience upon in-vestigating many of these cases that thepump strainers are so clogged up thatbut very little air can get through the pump, although the air cyl-inder, piston packing rings, and air valvesare in good condition, is unable to pro-duce the required pressure iri the usualspace of time. We have seen pumpscome in with the strainers smeared overwith valve oil. In cold weather, valve oilwill quickly freeze solid and clog themeshes of the strainer so efifectually asto exclude all air. It would hardly be reasonable to ex-pect a
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