Identifier: railwaylocomotiv29newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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back corner. I also tried thecylinder cocks with the reverse lever inthe center, and. while there was anescape of steam, from both ends of thecylinder, 1 did not think that the amountwas great enough to cause such a blowat the stack. I then placed the left engine on the topCjuarter, set the brake and opened thethrottle. The blow continued, so I pulledthe reverse lever to the center of thequadrant and it still continued. Then Ilifted the cylinder cocks and found thatright there the trouble was located—abad blow at both cylinder cocks and atthe stack. I had the valve pulled on thatside and they found the f ur rings com-pressed and stuck. So the blow wasfound and cured. Let us not jump at hasty conclusionswhere blows are concerned, for a bad re-pi.rt means time and time means money. An Irish Old-Timer. By Con Ryan, Cork, Ireland. It is always interesting to observe in the pages of Railway and Locomotive Engineering the occasional illustrations and descriptions of old time locomotives
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that undoubtedly were of some service intheir day. Among the others there is aclever writer recalling an occasionalErie Flyer, but the best of them are insig-nificant in comparison to some that arestill running on our fine railroads in Ire-land. I enclose a photograph of a speci-men locomotive built in 1850, as shown onthe builders name plate. This enginestill runs on the Cork, HIackrock andTanage Railway. In its sixty-five years ofservice, of course, it has had occasionalgeneral repairs, but no organic changesto speak of. In the early days the nativesof Blackrock could be seen walking fiveor ten miles to meet the train hauled bythis locomotive so that they have a longrun home. The Erie Flyers, so-called byMr. Fallon, had a brief existence at thebest. Ours are immortal, and improve withage. Their frames never break, their boltsand studs are properly fitted, their fire-boxes wear out, but they never explode.Our railways are ways of pleasantness, andall our paths are peace. Our cars hav

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