The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-07
CARE OF ENGINES
RAILROADS HAVE mosr THOR
OUCH SYSTEM.
Locomotive Must Make So much Mile.
age Between @shoppings"-cost
Of Repairs Noted Through
Records Carefully Kept.

Records Carefully Kept.
When a locomotive is built It is
expected to make certain mileage
before it receives a general overhaul
ing. When that overhauling is done
it is again required to make def
mite mileage.
A modern passenger locomotive IS
expected, says the Ohio Magazine, to
cover 100000 miles between general
"shoppings," intermediate repairs be-
ing made at the various roundhouses.
Responsibility for failure Of loco
motive to perform the work cut out
for it is easily fixed by means of sys-
tenn of records The superintendent
Of shops is responsible for all power
cut out OF service on the road and
placed inside the shop grounds, and
this responsibility does not end until
the locomotive is ready for service
again. From the time that 1t is ready
for service until it is once more cut
out for repairs in the shop the mas
ter mechanic shoulders the reponsi
bility.
When the locomotive is ready to
leave the shops 1t is inspected joint
ly by the shop inspector, under the
superintendent of shops and an in.
spector working under the master me-
chanic Every workman who has any
part whatever in the handling Of the
locomotive is responsible to his i'm
mediate foreman, just as the foreman
is responsible to his superiors.
In spite Of the many intricate parts
of a locomotive the company records
show less than one engine failure for
every 10000 miles. An engine fail
ure'iis a delay Of one minute or more
to any train, provided 1t is caused by
failure Of the machinery Of the To-
comotive
Each Of the many locomotives Of a
big system--79O in one case-has a
decided individuality in the eyes Of
the railroad. At headquarters is
known not only the cost Of original
construction but the cost Of labor and
materials used in repairs and the en-
tire expense Of maintenance down to
date.
The labor Of every man who works
for even an hour upon a certain en-
gine is charged to that engine. each
mechanic recording his labor upon
slip Of paper known as a daily time
certificate, which in turn is certified
to by his immediate foreman and for
warded to the general timekeeper.
The records of the road enable the Of
ficials to show the exact cost of labor
and material for each mile that To-
como.iye travels, or each ton hauled.
In the case Of collisions OF wrecks,
where the fau,i Is not one of defective
workmanship DR. material. the Iocomo-
tive may enter the general shops for
rebuilding, even though it may not
have completed the mileage assigned
to it, and no responsibility attaches
itself to those on whom 1t would 9TH
erwise fall. The locomotive is simply
repaired and is allowed to complete
the mileage originally assigned IT,
When locomotive is brought into
the shops for work it is first stripped
by the men who comprise what is
known as the stripping gang. This
gang Immediately takes off such parts
Of the engine as are necessary for the
respective job
The parts to be repaired are cleaned
in a vat and the work is then distrib-
uted among the various employees OF
the machine and blacksmith depart
ments. each part when repaired to be
returned to the erecting side Of the
shop, to be mounted again on the To-
connective by the date on which it is
scheduled to 60 on the road. The
dates are posted in a conspicuous
place convenient to each repair gang.