Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 491915 |
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Page 75
... pressure must be increased above that in the auxiliary reservoir or the auxiliary reser- voir pressure reduced below that in the brake pipe by bleeding the reservoir , as in bleeding the auxiliary reservoir the pressure is reduced on ...
... pressure must be increased above that in the auxiliary reservoir or the auxiliary reser- voir pressure reduced below that in the brake pipe by bleeding the reservoir , as in bleeding the auxiliary reservoir the pressure is reduced on ...
Page 76
... pressure chamber will release the brake . Now , the main reservoir air in the E - T equipment performs a similar duty to the service reservoir air in the P - C equipment and the pressure chamber air in both equipments have similar du ...
... pressure chamber will release the brake . Now , the main reservoir air in the E - T equipment performs a similar duty to the service reservoir air in the P - C equipment and the pressure chamber air in both equipments have similar du ...
Page 77
... pressure maintained by pumps of different sizes . LEAKAGE FROM SYSTEM IN POUNDS PER MINUTE 60 Cars 70 Cars 80 Cars 90 Cars 100 Cars Size of Pump 91⁄2 11 Cross- Comp 6 lbs . 8 lbs . 16 lbs . 5 lbs . 7 lbs . 14 lbs . 5 lbs . 6 lbs . 12 ...
... pressure maintained by pumps of different sizes . LEAKAGE FROM SYSTEM IN POUNDS PER MINUTE 60 Cars 70 Cars 80 Cars 90 Cars 100 Cars Size of Pump 91⁄2 11 Cross- Comp 6 lbs . 8 lbs . 16 lbs . 5 lbs . 7 lbs . 14 lbs . 5 lbs . 6 lbs . 12 ...
Page 78
... pressure head toward the non- pressure head , such a distance as will require the brake piston head to move about three inches before the groove is closed . Now , it sometimes happens that this leakage groove becomes partly or wholly ...
... pressure head toward the non- pressure head , such a distance as will require the brake piston head to move about three inches before the groove is closed . Now , it sometimes happens that this leakage groove becomes partly or wholly ...
Page 79
Chamber B pressure would likewise be affected were it not for the close fit of the stem 10 in the bushing 9 , but due to the close fit the pressure in chamber A above the diaphragm reduces faster than the pressure in chamber B ; conse ...
Chamber B pressure would likewise be affected were it not for the close fit of the stem 10 in the bushing 9 , but due to the close fit the pressure in chamber A above the diaphragm reduces faster than the pressure in chamber B ; conse ...
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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...