English: Identifier: locomotiveengine12hill

Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock Year: 1892 (1890s) Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 Subjects: Railroads Locomotives Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill [etc.] Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: as the first railway in England toprovide dining accommodation en routefor third-class passengers, and the servicehas become so popular that it is intendedto considerably extend it during the com-ing summer [this letter was written inFebruary last], four new. complete trainsof long bogie cars being at present underconstruction. At the Temple Mills shops, situated 494 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November. 1899. about 11/2 miles from Stratford, the freightequipment is produced and maintained,and a miscellaneous assortment of someof the latest productions emanating fromthese shops is shown in the photographFig. 6. Refrigerator vans have been designedby Mr. Holden for carrying Italian butter Instruction by Stereopticon. During the Traveling Engineers con-vention at Cincinnati Superintendent W.J. Murphy, of the Queen & Crescent route,gave a very interesting and instructive lec-ture on examination for keenness ofvision and color sight, which was illus-trated with stereopticon views. Two can-

Text Appearing After Image: purpose as going out on the road to thatpoint. Mr. J. P. McCuen, superintendent ofmotive power, gave illustrations of the dif-ferent kinds of break-downs on locomo-tives, all of which arc used in examina-tions of firemen on machinery when theycome up for promotion. A view is firstshown of the engine after the break-down,and the candidate required to explain howhe would block up and get ready to movethe locomotive. After his explanation ofthis difficulty, one is shown him of an-other kind of break-down, and so on forall classes of break-downs. Views are alsoshown of the engines after being properlyblocked up, which serve as object lessonsfor instruction purposes. It is the purpose of Mr. Murphy to usethe stereopticon method for all examina-tions, and it certainly is the best plan thatcan be used for the purpose. FIG. 3. from Harwich to London. The ice cham-bers are placed at each end, and the coldair circulates from the floor among thepackages. The coal wagon standing nextis of a stand

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