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Railway Mechanical Engineer 1949 October V 123 #10 Planned car maintenance
Railway Mechanical Engineer 1949 October V 123 #10
CONTENTS
FEATURE SECTION:
Budd Rail Diesel Car 543
New L. & N. Power Reduces Operating Costs 548
Modernizing the Steam Locomotive 552
C. & N. W. Intensifies Inspection of Equipment Parts 556
EDITORIALS:
Little Things Can Cause Big Results 560
Roving Locomotives 560
Planned Car Maintenance 561
Training Men for Diesel Maintenance 561
New Books 562
CAR INSPECTION AND REPAIR:
Hopper Cars Converted from Tank Cars 563
Decisions of Arbitration Cases 565
Handling Car Parts on the L. & N. 565
SHOPS AND TERMINALS:
Mounting Wheels with Pins in Place 567
Diesel Engine Head Removing Stand 568
Forming Dies Made from Scrap Axles 568
Device for Handling Units 569
Checking Shaft Centers 570
Questions and Answers:
Steam Locomotive Practice 570
Steam Locomotive Boiler 571
Schedule 24-RL Locomotive Air Brakes 572
Diesel Locomotive 572
ELECTRICAL SECTION:
Twelve-Volt Caboose Power 574
Under-Car Engine-Driven Power Plants 578
Tinning Aluminum Sheathed Cables 583
Reenforcing Armature Coil Supports 584
Automatic Diesel Engine Temperature Control 585
NEW DEVICES:
Mechanically Operated Pipe Threader 586
Flat Stem Magnetic Thermometer 586
All-Steel Safety Step Ladder 586
Brush Stabilizer for Fractional-Hp. Motors 587
Welding Goggles with Nylon Cups 587
Three Models of Diesel Engines 587
Three-Phase Transformers 587
Valve Type Sight Glass 588
Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher 588
Strip Abrasive Drum Sander 588
Battery Vent Plug Shows Electrolyte Level 588
High Temperature Rotating Joint 589
Semi-Automatic Tube Bending Unit 589
Power-Driven Threading Machine 589
Fully-Insulated Electrode Holders 589
Safety Spectacle 589
Positive Grip Multiple Jaw Wrench 590
Positive Action Locknut 590
Protractor Type Welding Clamp 590
Corrosion-Resistant Stainless-Clad Steel 590
Wound-Rotor Motors 590
Air-Powered Electrode Dresser 591
Selenium Rectifiers 591
Rust Preventative 591
Electronic Combustion Control 591
Wire Rope Electric Hoist 591
NEWS 592
THE EDITOR'S DESK 50
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 154
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