Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 491915 |
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Page 52
... engine called the " Sussex , " hard - coal burner , and sent two men from the D. , L. & W. to teach Charley Spitzer to fire hard coal . When we had it well in hand Spitzer and I , the only firemen on the road , thought it was a good ...
... engine called the " Sussex , " hard - coal burner , and sent two men from the D. , L. & W. to teach Charley Spitzer to fire hard coal . When we had it well in hand Spitzer and I , the only firemen on the road , thought it was a good ...
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... engine dispatcher at Edgewater ; held that under C. D. McKelvey , superin- tendent , and Billy Boyle , engine dis- patcher , for two years or until it was dis- continued . In 1897 came back to the west end and took my engine switching ...
... engine dispatcher at Edgewater ; held that under C. D. McKelvey , superin- tendent , and Billy Boyle , engine dis- patcher , for two years or until it was dis- continued . In 1897 came back to the west end and took my engine switching ...
Page 58
... engine with single drivers seven feet high , that was the fastest engine in the country . Brother Mason fired and served time in shop and roundhouse for six years , and was promoted on the " John Molson . " Left the M. & C. after ...
... engine with single drivers seven feet high , that was the fastest engine in the country . Brother Mason fired and served time in shop and roundhouse for six years , and was promoted on the " John Molson . " Left the M. & C. after ...
Page 59
... engine ; paid firemen $ 45 a month . I fired until February 1 , 1870 ; then , after firing five months the master mechanic told me that he thought I would learn just as fast by running the engine as I would firing , so set me up to ...
... engine ; paid firemen $ 45 a month . I fired until February 1 , 1870 ; then , after firing five months the master mechanic told me that he thought I would learn just as fast by running the engine as I would firing , so set me up to ...
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... engine to get my engine out of the ditch , and with all the men out of bread and the work at a standstill . " We got a house - mover's outfit , put a good big rope around the engine , and pro- cured a pair of oxen ; with a capstan and ...
... engine to get my engine out of the ditch , and with all the men out of bread and the work at a standstill . " We got a house - mover's outfit , put a good big rope around the engine , and pro- cured a pair of oxen ; with a capstan and ...
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Page 421 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 280 - We may live without poetry, music, and art ; We may live without conscience, and live without heart ; We may live without friends ; we may live without books ; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. He may live without books, — what is knowledge but grieving ? He may live without hope, — what is hope but deceiving ? He may live without love, — what is passion but pining ? But where is the man that can live without dining?
Page 312 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto...
Page 529 - Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employee at the time said employee left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Page 373 - That whenever, as provided in said Act, any train is operated with power or train brakes, not less than fifty per centum of the cars in such train shall have their brakes used and operated by the engineer of the locomotive drawing such train ; and all power-braked cars in such train which are associated together with said fifty per centum shall have their brakes so used and operated...
Page 382 - ... complete" must not be given to an inferior train until the signatures of the conductor and engineman of the superior train have been sent to the . 218. When a train is named in a train order by its schedule number alone, all sections of that schedule are included, and each must have copies delivered to it. 219. Unless otherwise directed, an operator must not repeat or give the "X...
Page 67 - Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Page 90 - SECTION. — One of two or more trains running on the same schedule displaying signals or for which signals are displayed. EXTRA TRAIN. — A train not represented on the Time-table.
Page 311 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in Interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes," approved March 2d, 1893, and amended April 1st, 1896.
Page 312 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employees thereon...