The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-03
TASK FOR AN ENGINE.
Wen Who Are Held Responsible When
1t Falls Short in It's Work.

When a locomotive is built it Is
expected to make a certain mileage
before il receives a general overhaul
ing. When chat overhauling is done
Ii is again required 10 make deli
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 u loco
motive to perform the work cut out
for it is easily fixed by means of q
system of records. The superintend-
ent of shops Is responsible Tor all
power cut out of service on the road
and placed inside the shop grounds,
ana this responsibility does mol end
until the locomotive Is ready for ser
vice again. From the time that 1t ~
ready for service Until IL Is once more
cut out for repairs in the shop tho
master mechanic shoulders the re-
sponsibility.
When the locomotive is ready to
leave the shops it is inspected jointly
by the shop inspector, under the sup
erintendent OF shops, and an inspector
working under the master mechanic.
Every workman who has any part
whatever in the handling OF the loco
motive is responsible to his immedi-
ate foreman, just as the foreman LIS
responsible to his superiors.
In spite of the many intricate partf
of locomotive the company records
show less than one engine failure for
every 10000 miles. An engine fail
ure" is delay of one minute or more
to any train, provided it is caused by
a failure of the machinery of the loco
motive
Each of the many locomotives OF
big system -790 in one case--has q
decided individuality in the eyes ct
the railroad Al 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 certain en-
CINE. each mechanic recording his
labor upon a slip OF paper known az
a daily time certificate. which in turn
IS certified TO by his immediate fore
man and forwarded to the general
timekeeper. The records Of the road
enable the officials to show the exact
cost of labor and material for each
mile that locomotive travels. or
each ton hauled.
In lie case OF collisions or wrecks.
where The faux is not one Of defec-
tive workmanship or material. the
locomotive may enter the general
shops for rebuilding. even though IL
may not have completed the mileage
assigned to il. and no responsibility
attaches itself TO those on whom IL
NOull OAAfi v iaf I'm AZ ABfRAhoAAfG
is simply repaired and is allowed to
the mileage originally as
signed to H.
When a locomotive is brought into
The shops for work il is first stripped
b. the men who comprise what is
known as the stripping gang. This
gang Immediately takes of such parts
of the engine rs are necessary for the
job.
The parts to be repaired are cleaned |
In a vat and the work is then disirib-
lted among the various employees of |
he machine and blacksmith depart
nents. each part when repaired to be |
10 the erecting side Of the
shop. To be mounted again On the |
locomotive by tie cate on which il Is
scheduled 10 go on the road The
iaies are posted in 2 conspicuous |
,ra.a or.nr-aufar4 "a each rarsafr paup i