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Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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incident is taken as indicating the desireon the part of the trainmen to make agood record. On the locomotive haulingan important passenger train the air ap-paratus opening the fire-box doors be-came out of order, which made it possibleto pass the fuel into the fire-box throughone of the doors only, rendering it impos-sible to use the shovel. By the ingenuity of firemen and en-gineer the locomotive was fired by handin this way and the train arrived onschedule time at the terminal, enablingthe division to retain a perfect record. This is as it should be. and we trustthat the kindly relations thus briefly re-ferred to will not only long exist, but thatthey will become an example to others,proving that the interests of all engaged means that a large amount of rollingstock must be purchased within the nextyear or two. The Government railwayshave been unable to handle the rapidly-growing business owing to a shortage ofcars and motive power. Since 1906 thetonnage handled has almost doubled.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO OVERLAND LIMITED. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. We cannot close without referringbriefly to the kindly relations that havealways existed between the employees ofthe Chicago & Northwestern and theofficials. Many of the latter have grownup with the great highway and their sue- in railroadidentical. work are co-ordinate and Electrification of French Railway. For some time past the French StateRailway authorities have been conductingelectrification experiments on a stretchof the Western Railway, and it is statedthat results have been so satisfactory thatit has been decided to go into the matteron a larger scale. Contracts for 100electric locomotives have just been placedwith French and Belgian builders. More Erie Equipment. Owing to the retirement of W. J. Hara-han from the Erie as a vice-president,George M. Orcutt has been made assist-ant to the president, and H. A. Taylor,commercial counsel, becomes attorney inplace of Mr. Orcutt. The directors have authoriz

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