Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 280
cessive compression. It is perfectly practi-cabPe to operate the engine at any position of thereverse lever between half stroke and full stroke, with-out serious injury to the fire. When starting the loco-motive from a state of rest, the engineer should alwaysopen the cylinder cocks to relieve the… … 1 .> LOCOiAIOTIVE ENGINEERING *lo start quickly and freely. In case the locomotive isattached to a passenger train and standing in acrowded station, or in some position where it is unde-sirable to open the cylinder cocks, the engineer shouldmove the cylinder cock lever in position to permitlive…
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