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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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reeted theengine bouse authorities one bitterly coldnight during tbe month of February whenthe thermometer was registering twentyodd degrees below zero, and to intensifythe bitterness of the night a strong galeof wind was blowing briskly. This is a hazardous predicament ofaffairs on a cold night and needs im- made engine L safe, but also renderedher an efficient factor in rctracking her-self. On a former occasion in dealing withan engine that got blocked in the yardduring a severe snow storm, both ofwhose tank hose were allowed to freezeup solid and let the water get low in theboiler, her tank hose was disconnectedfrom the ingress pipe to the right in-jector. This pipe was thawed out andthe hose attached as above described, andtne opposite end immersed in the waterof her own tank through the man-hole. In the former case the engine wasequipped with a Metropolitan No. 10 in-jector, while the latter engine wasequipped with a Monitor No. 9 injector;hence, reasoning by induction, it can be
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TYPICAL DANISH LOCOMOTIVE. mediate and vigorous attention. Thewriter was acquainted of this accident andmovements were made at once to protecttbe boiler and to avoid any additionaldamage to tbe engine. Forty-five feet of rubber hose wereplaced on an engine, which will bestyled K for convenience, and washastened to tbe scene of accident. En-gine K was placed on adjacent track.The hose of engine L was disconnectedand the forty-five feet of rubber hose at-tached to tbe ingress pipe of engine Lsinjector. The other end of the hose wasimmersed in tbe water in engine Kstank, through the man-hole. Then en-gine Ls injector was started and herboiler was soon filled. This not only safely concluded that any lifting injectorwill perform similar feats. Care, how-ever, must be taken to have the hose suf-ficiently rigid to prevent it from collapsingwhen the lifting jet is turned on, as undersuch circumstances an insufficient amountof water will flow through the hose tosupply the injector, and, of

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