Locomotive Engine Running and Management

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PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

CONTENTS.

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING.

CHAPTER I. ENGINEERS AND THEIR DUTIES. ATTRIBUTES THAT MAKE A GOOD ENGINEER.

CHAPTER II. HOW LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ARE MADE.

CHAPTER III. INSPECTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.

CHAPTER IV. GETTING READY FOR THE ROAD.

CHAPTER V. RUNNING A FAST FREIGHT TRAIN.

CHAPTER VI. GETTING UP THE HILL.

CHAPTER VII. FINISHING THE TRIP.

CHAPTER VIII. RUNNING A FAST PASSENGER TRAIN.

CHAPTER IX. HARD-STEAMING ENGINES.

CHAPTER X. SHORTNESS OF WATER. PUMP DISORDERS.

CHAPTER XI. INJECTORS.

CHAPTER XII. BOILERS AND FIRE-BOXES.

CHAPTER XIII. ACCIDENTS TO THE VALVE-MOTION.

CHAPTER XIV. ACCIDENTS TO CYLINDERS AND STEAM CONNECTIONS.

CHAPTER XV. OFF THE TRACK. ACCIDENTS TO RUNNING-GEAR.

CHAPTER XVI. CONNECTING-RODS, SIDE RODS, AND WEDGES.

CHAPTER XVII. THE VALVE-MOTION.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHIFTING LINK.

CHAPTER XIX. SETTING THE VALVES.

CHAPTER XX. By J. G. A. Meyer. LAYING OUT LINK-MOTION.

CHAPTER XXI. THE STEVENS VALVE-GEAR.

CHAPTER XXII. THE JOY VALVE-GEAR.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR-BRAKE.

CHAPTER XXV. THE EAMES VACUUM BRAKE.

CHAPTER XXVI. POWER OF LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAIN RESISTANCES.

CHAPTER XXVII. WATER FOR LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. EXAMINATION FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

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A Treatise on Locomotive Engines,

SHOWING THEIR PERFORMANCE IN RUNNING DIFFERENT
KINDS OF TRAINS WITH ECONOMY AND DISPATCH;
ALSO DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE CARE,
MANAGEMENT, AND REPAIRS OF
LOCOMOTIVES AND ALL
THEIR CONNECTIONS.

BY

ANGUS SINCLAIR,

MEMBER OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, MEMBER OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, ASSOCIATE MEMBER
OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAY MASTER MECHANICS’ ASSOCIATION,
ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE UNITED
STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE, ETC.

TENTH EDITION.

NEW YORK:
JOHN WILEY AND SONS.
1888.


Copyright, 1884,
By JOHN WILEY & SONS.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED
BY RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,
BOSTON, MASS.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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