Identifier: railwaymastermec21newy (find matches)
Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
Contributing Library: MIT Libraries
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linders; 42 drivers: straight top boiler 46~indiam.: and steel fire box 54 long by 35 wide. Thedimensions of this engine are appended, and our CYLINDERS. Cylinders diameter 14s22 in k Piston rod, diameter •>-. _* Kind of piston rod. packing .7.7.7. /Jerome Main rod. length, center to center ,w, ;,. Steam ports, length V h Steam ports, width Exhaust ports, length IMi Exhaust ports, width ..■, ~ • Bridge, width : - 1 - VALVE5* Valves, kind of Richardson Va ves, greatest travel .-,- \ alves, outside lap Valves, inside lap 77 ;.-.o ™ Valves, lead in full gear BOILER. Boiler, type of $trai&t top .Boiler, working steam pressure 1411 n,s Boiler, material in barrel Boiler, thickness of material in barrel. .. .......4 in Boiler, thickness of material in tube sheet. )., i„ Boiler, diameter of barrel 4,, j, 3 ms, kind of horizontal .. .Quadruple beams, kind of circumferential Doable Crown sheet stayed with Radial si - Dome, diameter FIREBOX Firebox, type ,, t irebox. length 54 m
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draw off any figures to determine what cars are to beshopped during the coming month, a glan<-e down theline being sufficient. Tou have. too. as in the caethe engines, a permanent record of each ear. as wellas a record of the number of cars shopped each monthI also use the same kind of a chart for cabooe - Of course such charts might be amplified consider-ably, but each man would probably prefer to developthem to suit his particular requirements. I give herea list of some of the diagrams which are kept in mvoffice. BY MONTHLY CHARTS.Pay Rolls—In summary and detail. 1—Cost per mile. Miles to 1 ton. Tons per10,000-ton miles. Percentage of excess over allowance by divisions. Locomotives—Number in service, .dumber in -■ .1 mileage. Total cost repairs. 1 Labor. Material)repairs per mile. Failures-In detail. By di-visions. By classes. By engines. Total. Numberof engines handled at each round-house. Cost ofhandling per engine. Cost of wipers and dispatchersper mile. Cost of oil an

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