The Technical World Magazine, Volume 15Technical World Company, 1911 |
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... engine to a regular and com- petent crew . By this system the engineer was made to feel an individual interest in his machine and an individual responsibil- ity and anxiety for its condition and repair . Engine " failures " were thus ...
... engine to a regular and com- petent crew . By this system the engineer was made to feel an individual interest in his machine and an individual responsibil- ity and anxiety for its condition and repair . Engine " failures " were thus ...
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... engine . Mr. Kend- rick wanted the cost re- duced to $ 3,165 for each engine . Mr. Emerson cut it down to $ 3,037 . The miles run between locomotive failures on a difficult division was in- creased from 4,377 in 1902 to 20,000 in 1909 ...
... engine . Mr. Kend- rick wanted the cost re- duced to $ 3,165 for each engine . Mr. Emerson cut it down to $ 3,037 . The miles run between locomotive failures on a difficult division was in- creased from 4,377 in 1902 to 20,000 in 1909 ...
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... engine equipped with such a boiler , and so a brief descrip- tion of the test to which it was recently subjected may be of interest . On September 26th last , in the pres- ence of many engineers from various cities and two ...
... engine equipped with such a boiler , and so a brief descrip- tion of the test to which it was recently subjected may be of interest . On September 26th last , in the pres- ence of many engineers from various cities and two ...
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... engines and cars of one rail- road upon the lines of an- other . Some men argued that it was an advantage to keep to a gauge that would prevent the engines and cars of a con- necting line from running on its tracks . In some cases ...
... engines and cars of one rail- road upon the lines of an- other . Some men argued that it was an advantage to keep to a gauge that would prevent the engines and cars of a con- necting line from running on its tracks . In some cases ...
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... ordinary train load is not of the maximum weight . To have made more powerful engines would have been to waste them on trains so light as to leave unused a large frac- tion of their capacity . It is greater econ- omy. 62.
... ordinary train load is not of the maximum weight . To have made more powerful engines would have been to waste them on trains so light as to leave unused a large frac- tion of their capacity . It is greater econ- omy. 62.
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