. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o on the back. There isthe area of the piston rods to be de-ducted in one case and not in the other,and this makes quite a difference. J. C.\LLIN. Kczrlslokc, B. C. A Suggestion to the LocomotiveBuilder. Fidilor: I have no doubt Mr. Builder is nowwell loaded for battle if he should hap-pen to meet Mr. Kellog, of Bakersfield, who made so many pointed re-marks concerning the constructing of alocomotive. I would like to suggest another im-provement which I consider is a very Observations on
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . o on the back. There isthe area of the piston rods to be de-ducted in one case and not in the other,and this makes quite a difference. J. C.\LLIN. Kczrlslokc, B. C. A Suggestion to the LocomotiveBuilder. Fidilor: I have no doubt Mr. Builder is nowwell loaded for battle if he should hap-pen to meet Mr. Kellog, of Bakersfield, who made so many pointed re-marks concerning the constructing of alocomotive. I would like to suggest another im-provement which I consider is a very Observations on the LocomotiveFront-End. Editor: The front-end includes the dia-phragm, the exhaust nozzle, the exhauststand, the stack, the petticoat pipe andthe netting. These, with the exhaust jet,constitute an apparatus designed to pro-duce the maximum amount of draftthrough the fire with the minimum o£back pressure in the cylinders. The effi-ciency of the front-end is, therefore, thegreatest possible ratio of draft to backpressure. Considering, first, the diaphragm:The total draft is said to have three ap-. MASTKR MECHANICS .ASSOCIATION FRONT-END. important -feature if it could be is to build all heavy locomotiveswith the piston extension rod the samesize as the piston rod and place a glandand packing on the front cylinder coverfor it, the same as the piston rod believe this would do away with onevery objectionable feature which gener-ally develops some months before theengine is ready for the back shop, name-ly, the flattening of the driving tires,which not only causes the engine to rideso rough that a man dreads the thoughtof having to put in three or four monthsmore on the road with her until shegoes in for general repairs. When theengine gets into this shape it is almostimpossible to keep her pipe joints tight,and this often causes delays on the roadand, whats more, the engine is hard onbridges. If you think this would not help to agreat extent and prevent the flatte
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