Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 35Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1901 |
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... train on fire ? ' asked the voice . It was a female voice and there was a note of determination in it . " I only just got out myself , ' said I , ' and I don't know much about the situation , but if you'll come out you can see for your ...
... train on fire ? ' asked the voice . It was a female voice and there was a note of determination in it . " I only just got out myself , ' said I , ' and I don't know much about the situation , but if you'll come out you can see for your ...
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... train any , but the bull just lay down and died , and a shyster lawyer actually got the farmer to sue on the ground that the train had no business stopping there and blocking up the track anyway . The aver- age farmer would rather lose ...
... train any , but the bull just lay down and died , and a shyster lawyer actually got the farmer to sue on the ground that the train had no business stopping there and blocking up the track anyway . The aver- age farmer would rather lose ...
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... train for a short time , then freight , and was given an express train in 1857 which position he held con- tinuously until his resignation , March 31 , 1900. He ran the only single driving- wheel engine ever 32 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ...
... train for a short time , then freight , and was given an express train in 1857 which position he held con- tinuously until his resignation , March 31 , 1900. He ran the only single driving- wheel engine ever 32 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ...
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... train came to a standstill . They had run into a snowdrift as high as the coaches . The passengers were begin- ning to share their lunches , and Amy had shared hers with the rest . The train made little progress that night , and the ...
... train came to a standstill . They had run into a snowdrift as high as the coaches . The passengers were begin- ning to share their lunches , and Amy had shared hers with the rest . The train made little progress that night , and the ...
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Technical . The Improved Feed Valve , or Train - Line Governor . BY ROBERT H. BLACKALL . The valve shown in Figs . 1 and 2 is known as the Improved Feed Valve or Train - Line Governor . In order to distin- guish it from the older form ...
Technical . The Improved Feed Valve , or Train - Line Governor . BY ROBERT H. BLACKALL . The valve shown in Figs . 1 and 2 is known as the Improved Feed Valve or Train - Line Governor . In order to distin- guish it from the older form ...
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Page 334 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers...
Page 224 - That any common carrier failing to make such report within thirty days after the end of any month shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not more .than one hundred dollars for each and every offense and for every day during which it shall fail to make such report after the time herein specified for making the same.
Page 592 - Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do, and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle— face it, 'tis God's gift.
Page 262 - Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse, in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat, I could not raise myself from it Sometimes the instructors frowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckminster always pressed, and entreated, most winningly, that I would venture ; but I could never command sufficient resolution. When the occasion was over I went home and...
Page 232 - In moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power driving-wheel brake and appliances for operating the train-brake system, or to run any train In such traffic after said date that has not a sufficient number of cars in it so equipped with power or train brakes that the engineer on the locomotive drawing such train can control its speed without requiring brakemen to use the common hand brake for that purpose.
Page 30 - A person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which seriously injures the person or property of another, or which seriously disturbs or endangers the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, for which no other punishment is expressly prescribed by this Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 655 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 224 - It shall be the duty of the general manager, superintendent, or other proper officer of every common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to make to the Interstate Commerce Commission, at its office in Washington, District of Columbia, a monthly report, under oath, of all collisions of trains or where any train or part of a train accidentally leaves the track...
Page 334 - Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it...
Page 334 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green ; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell ; We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing...