Locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1896) (14575133050)

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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,for with a light weight of 22.600 poundsa load of 118.000 pounds was sustained ncss; a strength obtained at a greatly re-duced weight over wood. But there is another and fully as im-portant a side to the subject, that may besummed up in the word depreciation,and this seems not to have had the consid-eration its bearing in the case deserves.It would appear that any material thatwould increase the life and earning capac-ity of a car would be the thing to use inits construction, and it follows, as a nat-ural sequence, that if the depreciation isnot as great as in the old case, that repairswould be fewer, and the cost of mainte-nance therefore less. This view is cor-roborated by what little is known of theperformance of the steel car. ^ @ i The Gould car coupler, which has beenapplied to the cars of some luxurioustrains for the East Coast route of GreatBritain, is described by a correspondentof the Scotsman as having the appear-ance of a huge interrogation mark. S LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING.
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609 A Screw Locomotive Hoist. The problem of expeditiously removingwheels from an engine when entering theshops for repairs, has received a greatdeal of attention from motive power of-ficers—the reason for this being found inthe many phases of the situation to becarefully weighed and considered, whencovering all the ground from a cheapscrew jack, through the diverse jack rami-fications, to business-like power cranesand lifts operated by steam, air, electricityor hydrostatics. Among those in which steam is the mo-tive power, our engraving shows one atthe Chicago shops of the Chicago andNorthwestern Railway. It is a screwhoist, receiving its power from a pair ofsmall engines located, together with thehoisting gear, on the top of the device.The frame-work is formed of heavy I-beams, placed 34 feet 10 inches apart longi-tudinally, and resting in castings which aresupported on foundations. The top of thesebeams carry four other I-beams, two ateach end; and on these again rest four I-beam