Identifier: textbookonlocomo02inte (find matches)
Title: A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: International Correspondence Schools
Subjects: Locomotives Locomotive boilers Locomotives Railroad cars
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International textbook co
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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ystem, unduly robbing the auxil-iary reservoir and causing a violent splash when passengersopen the faucets. SYSTEM NOW IN USE. 109. General Description.—The system now beinginstalled involves many improvements over those already shown,both as regards the water and also the air supply. It is illus-trated in Fig. 40, wherein it will be seen that with a view toeconomizing space, a single water tank replaces the three tankshitherto used, and is placed in line with the air tank. Of theviews here given, (a) is a plan of part of the car; (6), a sideview; (c), a cross-section through end £■ of the tank box; (c?), aside view of the right-end portion of the car; (e), an end viewof the same, showing the heating arrangements. Of the partslettered, A is the auxiliary reservoir; B, the brake cylinder;C, the air tank; D, the water tank; and P, the train pipe belong-ing to the brake system. The cold-water fittings are: a, view (a),the shut-off cock in the supply pipe; b, view (d), the stop-cock
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§ 13 CAR HEATING. 93 and waste cock for the closet; c, c, the stop-cocks for the washbowls; d, the stop-cock for the faucet; e, the stop-cock for thefire-hose. Among the hot-water fittings are /, view (a), theshut-off cock in the supply pipe; g, g, view (cZ), the stop-cocks forthe wash bowls; h, the shut-off valve for the hot-water coil; i, thecheck-valve in the supply pipe leading to the hot-water coilj;k, the shut-off valve in the hot-water supply pipe leading fromthe heater; I, the drip stop-cock in the pipe leading from thehot-water coil; m, the safety valve on top of the hot-water tank n.The main shut-oflf cock is marked o, view (b), and is operatedfrom the inside of the car; pis a, three-way cock serving to admitwater into the tank D when filling, and also, subsequently, toadmit air from tank C to D; q is the air-pressure governor; r, theair-pressure reducing valve; s, the drip cock in the air tank; t,view (a), the drip cup, with strainer, in the air pipe leadingfrom the auxili

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