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The locomotive engineer (1888)

Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 140

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ected together. The tenderhas no brake beam behind it, in the wayof coupling to other engines, etc.; the topof the tank slopes to the center, so thatthe coal on back end of tank comes to thefireman and not the fireman to the coal. These engines have ironclad runningboards, to prevent broken rods,… … vacuum brake on cars, using theregular Westinghouse air coup-lings on hose, and have twolines of pipe and hose runningthrough trains, and two accord-ion cylinders, attached to alter-nate trucks. On the engine areused two Eames ejectors to pro-ducea vacuum; they are in frontpart of cab and connected…

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