Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 392
etc. The sprinkling train is run at a speed of about 3i to 4 miles per hour. In front is a flat car fitted with a 2-inch pipe across between the rails and a 2-inch swing pipe on each side, all these pipes having slots on the under side. The supply is brought from a tank car to these pipes by a… … Fig. 342. PLAN AND SECTION SHOWING PIPING NECESSARY TO FIT A FLAT CAR TO SPRINKLE TRACK WITH OIL. * This practice originated with Mr. J. H. Nichol, Assistant Engineer of the W. J. & S. Ry., in 1897, and has since been fol- lowed on the Penn. R. R., Boston & Maine R. R., Long Island Ry., and…
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