A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901) (14758622042)

Identifier: textbookonlocomo02inte (find matches)
Title: A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: International Correspondence Schools
Subjects: Locomotives Locomotive boilers Locomotives Railroad cars
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International textbook co
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library



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ipe valves or cocks. Turnsteam on the system and let it blow right through the trainpipe until it comes out at the rear end of the last car.Then close the rear valve to prevent steam escaping. Nextopen wide the valve v and adjust the trap T, so that practicallyonly water escapes therefrom. When the car is warmed upsufficiently, regulate the heat by means of the valve v. 75. Care of System.—When the engine is to be discon-nected from the train at the terminal, open wide the valve V,or the rear train cock, before reaching that station. Leave allvalves wide open, the hose uncoupled, and a fire started in theheater. As regards cleaning out the piping; this is not necessary ifthe system has been kept full of water all summer. If a hot-water system fails to circulate properly, and it is found that thewater level is correct, a test may be made to ascertain whether ornot the system is stopped at some point. To do this, draw oflFthe water, connect live steam to one of the draw-off cocks, and
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§ 13 CAR HEATING. 61 then blow steam through the pipes, opening all the other draw-off cocks and noting whether steam comes out of them. Asfast as each successive cock is found to blow steam, close itand pass on to the next one, proceeding thus until every foot ofthe circulating pipes has become hot, which will be a proof thatthere is no stoppage in the pipes. CAR EQUIPME:N^T: HOT WATER. (Double Circulation: Single Train Pipe.) 76. In Fig. 26 is illustrated a heating system that is espe-cially suitable for sleeping and private cars and also for parlor,dining, caf6, and large postal cars. It is a doiible-circiilationsystem, there being a separate set of piping on each side of thecar. Inside the Baker heater is a double-coil generator, one ofwhose coils connects with the riser R, drum D, and piping p,and the other with R, D, and p; thus, each side of the carhas its own separate circulation. Each set of piping is heatedin three places by jackets, the jacket / serving for bothsets p and