Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 276
the train. After the train is inmotion it should not be used. Cases have beenobserved where the engineers use it all the time andhave the reverse lever hooked up1 in the top notch i(half stroke), in consequence of which the locomotivewill slow down to a low speed whilst burning an ex-cessive amount… … V- LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
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