Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14761422262)

Identifier: baltimoreohioemp05balt (find matches)
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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ove the gangway for lighting the Q-coal pipe and for the firemanssafety and convenience in climbingover the tank when taking water. A.—.The number, lubricator, gauge and deck lamps do not have key switchesand these lights are controlled by start-ing and stopping the generator set.Are any extra lamps carried on thelocomotive?No. What is done in case of failure of theheadlight lamp? One of the classification or cab lampswhich can best be spared is substi-tuted and used until the nearestpoint is reached at which the stand-ard lamps are regularly carried.Headlight lamps are not to be usedin any of the sockets in the cab orclassification lamps.7s there any danger of the turbine orsteam pipes freezing?Only in very cold weather, at whichtime the valves in the steam supplyand drain lines are slightly opened,or cracked, when the generator setis not running. Can headlight or cab lamps be used onthe ordinary shop or building lightingcircuits? No. They will burn out quickly andpossibly explode.
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STANDARD TRACK NEAR OLTYTLLE, ON THE NEWARK DIVISION Letters From Baltimore and OhioMen in France OHE following interesting letterwas received by W. H. Averell,general manager New York Ter-minal lines, from A. N. Stuhl, aformer employe of the Baltimore andOhio Railroad, and who is now some-where in France. It would seem fromMr. Stums letter that he is busy dodging Fritzy V shells, and that his occupa-tion is somewhat more hazardous thanwhen he was in our employ. His state-ments regarding the devastation of thatpart of France once occupied by theHuns, but from which they have beendriven by the Allied arms, will be readwith interest. Somewhere in France,September 17, 1917. Di ar Mr. Averell: Thought I would drop a few linesidling you how our railroad is over here. I am working in the mechanical de-partment, around the yards and engines,as well as getting familiar with the tracks.We are operating the small 406-O Bald-win engines, just like the ones Dailey &(van* arc using on the Arli