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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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rthe flame fills the whole space under theshield. Three 9!/2-inch pumps, operatedby steam from the engine drawing theburner outfit, are used to supply air. Theexhaust steam from these pumps is car-ried to the end of the burner in pipes-hown along the side, and dischargeddown on the ties outside the rail to quenchany fire that may start in old ties. New Along the Atchison, Topeka & SantaFe Railway. At the Fort Madison shops, whereMaster Mechanic T. Paxton is in charge,there is a 26-stall engine house built ofstone, with a slate roof, steam heated andelectrically lighted. The walls are neatlywhitewashed. With two arc lights in eachsection of thirteen stalls it is light enoughto do work on most parts of the loco-motives at night without other lights. In-candescent lights are used at the bulletin,call boards and work-book desk. One matter attended to here, that is amove in the right direction, is the clean-ing and the blacking of the smoke archesand stacks by a roundhouse man detailed
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WEED BURNER OF THE ATCHISON, TOPEK.\ & S.\.VT.\ FE RAILR0.\D. The Santa Fe Railroad have just builtat their Topeka shops, and set to work,one of these burners, which does the busi-ness in very fine shape. The illustrationgives a good idea of its general construc-tion. It is constructed from an old turn-table, with one truck near the center ofthe burner, so the intense heat does notreach the truck. A shield built up of twothicknesses of sheet steel 6 inches apart,and filled in with mineral wool, protectsthe bottom of the overhanging part of theframe from the heat, and also confines theheat and flame close to the ground. Thisshield can be raised and lowered, so it canbe iS inches from the rail when standingstill, in order to protect the ties, crossingsand bridges from its heat, and 4 inches ones are not afTected by the heat if burneris moving. A 6,000-gallon tank of oil and extrawater tender are with the burner. .^powerful water pump is part of the out-fit, and small pump to take oi

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