Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 491915 |
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Page 75
... position it is necessary to create a difference in pressure on the two sides of the triple piston . When desiring to move the parts to application posi- tion it is necessary to reduce the brake- pipe pressure below that in the auxiliary ...
... position it is necessary to create a difference in pressure on the two sides of the triple piston . When desiring to move the parts to application posi- tion it is necessary to reduce the brake- pipe pressure below that in the auxiliary ...
Page 77
... position by slight variations of brake - pipe pressure . It will be under- stood that leakage past any of the parts named will not cause the brake piston to move outward if the triple be in release position , as then the brake ...
... position by slight variations of brake - pipe pressure . It will be under- stood that leakage past any of the parts named will not cause the brake piston to move outward if the triple be in release position , as then the brake ...
Page 78
... position . This same action may occur even though no leakage exists past the parts named , and will be caused by the triple piston and its slide valve moving to service position , caused by light fluctuations of brake - pipe pressure ...
... position . This same action may occur even though no leakage exists past the parts named , and will be caused by the triple piston and its slide valve moving to service position , caused by light fluctuations of brake - pipe pressure ...
Page 82
... position . However , in addition to the air that passes through this groove , there is more or less leakage of brake ... position . The groove in the back of the piston through which the air must pass , when the triple is in retarded ...
... position . However , in addition to the air that passes through this groove , there is more or less leakage of brake ... position . The groove in the back of the piston through which the air must pass , when the triple is in retarded ...
Page 83
... position in running an engine on an outpost job and having all the work to do is fully appreciated by the writer , who at one time held a similar position , and therefore will be more than pleased to assist you through the columns of ...
... position in running an engine on an outpost job and having all the work to do is fully appreciated by the writer , who at one time held a similar position , and therefore will be more than pleased to assist you through the columns of ...
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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...