. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tration, 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. At 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 switc
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . tration, 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. At 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 fireconnecting up the hose and preparing to. PENNSYLVANIA SWITCHERS AS FIRE FIGHTERS. apparatus used consisted of a hose 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 throughan 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 tw:o andone-half inch unlined linen hose 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 inseparate sections. With this equipmentengines are enabled to throw a stream gel int service immediately upon arrival. The locomotive fire brigade organiza-tion in each Yard is under the gen
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