. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . pringfield, Mo.,Mr. James Robertson, sends us the photo-graph of the small engine and crew. Theengine is named A. H. Handlan, the en-gineer is Master Walter Hardy, who Air Tools in Boiler Shops. At the Albuquerque shops of the SantaFe route, Mr. Alfred Parfitt. foreman ofthe boiler shop, has a great many ingeni-ous devices for the use of compressed airto expedite the work of getting out stay-bolts, crownbar bolts and rivets, them is a hydraulic punch or jack,which is operated by air pressure. I
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . pringfield, Mo.,Mr. James Robertson, sends us the photo-graph of the small engine and crew. Theengine is named A. H. Handlan, the en-gineer is Master Walter Hardy, who Air Tools in Boiler Shops. At the Albuquerque shops of the SantaFe route, Mr. Alfred Parfitt. foreman ofthe boiler shop, has a great many ingeni-ous devices for the use of compressed airto expedite the work of getting out stay-bolts, crownbar bolts and rivets, them is a hydraulic punch or jack,which is operated by air pressure. It isportable, so it can be moved around easily,and will punch rivet holes as fast as it canbe moved from one to another. It comesespecially handy in work that has beenflanged, like throat sheets, door rings, etc. A large air cylinder operates a smallerpiston, which forces water at a very highpressure to the hydraulic punch, a connec-tion being made with a ^-inch copperpipe, which can be bent to allow the punchto be moved from one hole to jack is operated in the same Floyd Robertson, Fireman. Walter Hardy. Engineer. A SMALL ENGINE AND CREW FROM SPRINGFIELD^ MO. Stands behind the tender, while the chubbyfireman is Master Floyd Robertson. The engine is modeled after one ofRogers build, and the main dimensionsare as follows: Gage, 11 inches; cylin-ders, lYz x 4 inches; size of drivers, 9inches; size of truck wheels, 3J^ inches;driving wheel base, 13 inches; total wheelbase, 2)^ inches; length of engine withpilot, 60 inches; weight of engine, 300pounds; weight of tender, 90 pounds;height from top of rail to top of stack,25 inches; diameter of boiler, 7 inches;length of firebox, 6 inches; width of fire-box, 4 inches; grates, rocking; tubes, 150,size J4 inch; length of tubes, 14 inches. Itis equipped with sight feed lubricators,safety valve, injectors, steam gage, Hand-lan patent headlight. The tender is 25inches long, the underframing is of iron;coal capacity, 50
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