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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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peration, Pittsburg^h District HT least 8,000 tons of coal will beused during the present winterto heat the cars on the passengertrains of the Baltimore and Ohio.This means that 160 cars of coal will beused to make the steam supplied to thesteam heat train lines of our passengertrains during the period from Novemberto March. From twenty-five to fifty cars of thiscoal, worth, including the cost of placingon tenders, approximately $5,000, can besaved by passenger car inspectors andpassenger trainmen. Passenger car in- spectors can insure that no leaks will beallowed in steam lines, traps and steamhose connections. Passenger trainmencan see that cars are not overheated andthat steam is not wasted through exces-sive opening of the rear end train finevalve. This saving is well worth while and toobtain it no exertion beyond the ordi-nary exercise of attention to duty isrequired. The result of care in these details willbe quickly evident on the engine in re-serve capacity and in coal saving.
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24 Baltimore and Ohio Men Big Factors inSaving of 10,000,000 Tons of Coal By Major Edward C. Schmidt Assistant Manager, Fuel Conservation Section,United States Railroad Administration The results of the fuel saving campaign on the Baltimore and Ohio Eastern and WesternLines during the six months ending with November 1, are particularly interesting in view of MajorSchmidts estimate of the probable saving which may be expected. The saving in locomotive fuel consumed per unit of work done, as compared with the sameperiod of the previous year, was equal to five per cent., the total saving amounting to about160,000 tons, worth, at prevailing prices, approximately $400,000. This creditable performance reflects the results of the individual efforts of every employewho has tried to save coal, and every one of the employes of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad hasbeen and is responsible for his share of fuel saving or fuel waste. The urgent need for fuel saving has not passed and better performan

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