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Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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a question of eitherfalse seats or new cylinders. While it is not necessary to go over the variouscauses which lead to this undesirable condition, theimportance of always having a slight blow attendedto. as soon as noticed, cannot be overestimated. which they are fitted. It does not require much ofthis treatment before the man in the cab discover*that he has hived a swarm of bees in the stack,and now is the time to have the matter attendedto or his valve seats will be worn more in a monththan they ought to be in a year. A blow of this sort has the peculiarity of drag-ging with it the greater portion of the oil fedthrough the lubricator, so that when this conditionis reached it aggravates itself and the oil accountbegins to be a nightmare to the unhappy runner. When, however, the seats have been nearly worndown by neglect or otherwise to the surface onwhich the steam chest joint rests, the question offalse seats or new cylinders looms up. The experience of many is that it is a question
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DROP DOORS FOR N. P. 100.000 LBS. STEEL COAL CAR. the guards vans. Notwithstanding much trouble intrying various forms and materials for such bear-ings, however, they could not be made snfficientlytrustworthy for exteaded use, and ultimately theywere abandoned. —■ ♦ « » DROP DOORS FOR N RTHERN PACIFIC 100,000LBs. STEEL COAL CAR. In our issue of October. 1S9S. we gave quite fullillustrations of the 100.000 lbs. capacity steel coalcar built for the Northern Pacific Railroad, as de-signed by Mr. E. M. Herr. We now give the full de-tails of the drop doors and the arrangements foroperating the same. As the drawings are very com-plete aid are reproduced so clearly, but little de-scription is needed. It will be noticed that the sus-pension rods are connected in pairs by a rod inclosedbetween the cross channels. This horizontal rod isconnected in turn to a vertical shaft on the side ofthe car so the door may be unlatched either fromthe ground or from the top of the ear. The susper-sio

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