. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ation, there is a cylindrical shapedtank placed under the cab. This is adapt-ed for holding a sufficient supply of hoseto reach intervening distances that mayhappen to lie between the available trackand the scene of the fire. .\t first the of water a distance of about seventy Yards are divided into districtseach of which is designated by a a fire is discovered a general alarmcalling all engines in the particular dis-trict is sounded on air whistles installedon each switch tower. By a code of sig-nals engineers and firemen of locomotive
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. ation, there is a cylindrical shapedtank placed under the cab. This is adapt-ed for holding a sufficient supply of hoseto reach intervening distances that mayhappen to lie between the available trackand the scene of the fire. .\t first the of water a distance of about seventy Yards are divided into districtseach of which is designated by a a fire is discovered a general alarmcalling all engines in the particular dis-trict is sounded on air whistles installedon each switch tower. By a code of sig-nals engineers and firemen of locomotivescan tell immediately just where the fireis. To insure a prompt response YardMasters and Train Directors are instruct-ed to give the locomotives clear track inreaching the scene of fire, and in caseswhere locomotives are moving or shift-ing cars, the crews are instructed to un-couple the engines and proceed withoutdelay to the fire immediately upon sound-ing of the alarm, on the way to the firec(,nnecting up the hose and preparing to. ri:XNSVL\ANlA SWITCHERS AS FIRE FIGHTERS. apparatus used consisted nf a liose con-nection placed in the line conveying wa-ter from the injector in the engine cabto the boiler. This has been improvedupon by providing a special form of ex-tinguisher, by which the water from thelocomotive tender is discharged througlian ejector by means of the high steampressures carried in locomotive on a series of tests, the standardequipment for each locomotive consists ofone hundred and fifty feet of two ,indone-half inch unlined linen Iiose and afifteen-inch cast-iron nozzle with a dis-charge opening of five-eighths of an inch,kept in a box under the running boardof the engine—the hose being coiled sections. With this equipmentengine* are enabled to throw a stream get into service iminediatcly upon arrival. The locomotive fire brigade organiza-tion in each Yard is under the generalsupervision of the Assistant Yard Masteracting as Chie
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