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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 217

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iniloba. This letter fromChus. Pope is far loo valuable to go uucared forand unseen, for it contains elements that show upto Ihe enginemens credil in hll^ing progressivethought and thinkers in ihe ranks.men who seekthe why and wherefore in a philosophical andmanly waj*. Hear an extract: In reudiug… … of^the water leg, just above the mudring—about the worsi place it couldbe got. The 6-wheelcd truck waspivoted to Ihe boiler so far back thatit carried most of the weight, mak-ing the engine very deficient in ad-hesion and prone to get off the track.The cenler pair of wheels were with-out flanges.…

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