Locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1896) (14574907949)

Identifier: locomotiveengine09hill (find matches)
Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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is nips has bidoff more as a moutful. He dont beenno suberdendt motif bower for a tam,yob too pig for im. All the membersof the pessimist party in the Stove Com-mittee agreed with Sol., but soon droppedthe subject to exchange experience andtell lies about the good old times, whenthey had pumps and outside oilers—andno time card. Last Thursday the General Managerpushed open the door to Skeevers officeand asked: Wheres Jim? Out in the shop, sir, replied thestenographer, respectfully. Wont youhave a chair, Mr. Wider?—Ill send forhim. No, Ill go out. Wherell I be likelyto catch him? In the boiler shop, sir—hes been livinthere for three weeks or more., Ha, ha, said the old man, bet youleven dollar bill hes got an object lessonout there. Skeevers was looking in the door holeof a boiler set up on blocks, when theold man showed up. What ye got, Skeevers? yelled theold man, pitching his voice an octaveabove the music of the riveting hammers. New firebox, answered that worthy,laconically.
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Coci;rnatiue^>ifni-*• 7^ A Cf^.^^ SADDLE-TANK SWITCHER. duce the pressure on em for?—theyrebran new. I was afraid of em. Losin your nerve, hey? No, losin crown sheets and sidesheets and no end of staybolts, and awfulafraid Ill lose some boilers—and somemen. Explosions? Yes. Look out for them—an explosion isthe worst advertisement a. railroad canhave, and costs the most money. Just here the shop whistle blew; the Skeevers steered the general managerup to a dust-covered boiler on another pit. This boiler has a new firebox half set,said Skeevers, and its one Ive experi-mented with a bit, to prove how not todo staybolt work. It was the day the 136 blew in her sidesheet at Downs, and the side-sheet andstaybolt chill was on me full force, thatI happened in here, and noticed the menputting in stays on this boiler. A big fielper was screwing in stayson the side sheet—the regulation stay-bolts, threaded all over and squared at 312 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. one end to tak