Identifier: railwaymechanica95newy (find matches)
Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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tons Total weight, engine and tender, loaded 124 tons Diameter of drivers 1.700 m.m. ( 67.0 in. i Length, engine and tender, overall 19,689 m.m. (64 ft. 8 in. app.) An engine crew consists of three, an engineer, assistantengineer and fireman. Many women now work as firemen,there is such a scarcity of able-bodied men. The engineersas a rule are bright, capable fellows, highly trained in theiroccupation. It is a rule that all engineers running a locomo-tive, must first serve an apprenticeship in the shops so theyare thus taught the repairing and upkeep of locomotives.Afterwards they graduate as firemen, assistant engineers, thenfirst engineers, an examination being necessary before beingpromoted to a higher grade. The statistics often given that60 per cent of the Russian working people are illiterate cer-tainly does not apply to the railroad workers. A train crew usually consists of about five men. a chief Issue of October. 1017. patre 54?. 10 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 95, No. 1
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)anuary, 192) K \11.\\ .\-S MECHANICAL ENGINEER 11 conductor ami four assistants. This lumber, however, variesaccording to the tonnage of the train. There are no air brakesmi the freight cars, hence about every tenth car is requiredto be a brake car. and is manned by one of the assistant con-ductors. The tonnage of the usual train is 60,000 poods, orabout 1,000 tons. On certain sections of the road helper en-gines are necessary, but the grades as a rule are very slight.Riding these open brake cars in winter is a strenuous occupa-tion. Quite frequently the thermometer goes down to 60 de-grees below zero and stays there for months. The road fur-nishes brakemen with big fur lined coats and high felt boots,which are very necessary for the Siberian winters. The rolling stock is the usual type of equipment seen inRussia. Passenger coaches are divided into first, second,third and fourth classes. Passenger coaches are much rundown on account of lack of attention, the provodnecks or

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