Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 14
THE CURllS AUTOMATIC PIPE COUPLING. trains are made the worse this feature is,but this is not the only objection ordanger.Statistics show that of all the accidentsthat railroad trains are heir to, more than85 per cent, of them happen to the frontend, /. e., the engine. … THF. CURTIS AUTOMAIIC PIPE COUPLING. Suppose now that an express train onone of our great plains, during a bittercold night, plunges into a sand drift—they have those things out there—and theengine turns over, knocks off a steamconnc-ction and dies ; it is three or tourhours before another train is…
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