Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules (1908)
National correspondence school of railroading, Chicago. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] · leaf 15
his method is especially practical on smallpassenger, freight and yard engines. The same systemmay be adopted with the wide fire-box,using the neces-sary number of shovels of coal to cover the fire evenlyon each side of the box alternately. The action of thedraft on the fire usually carries enough… … PE RFECT. Figs. 3 and 4 show side and end views of the fire ina nearly perfect condition. It will be noted that the LOCOMOTIVE FIRING. fire is slightly heavier at the sides and ends of the fire-box than in the center, and it should be kept in thiscondition, as there is more air admitted at the…
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