Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-26
Everything Brass.

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drivers were all painted red, with a
tiny black stripe.
Everything Brass.
From the cab to the sand box, eV-
ervthing was covered with brass, even
The Jacket of the boiler, while from
the sand box the boiler was covered
with Russian iron, Around the dome
and the sand box was a covering or
brass and the cylinders n steam
chest were enclosed with the same
metal. Strips o. brass were laid along
the edge OF tn running boards. anu
the handrails were OF BRASS piping.
with large belts Of brass. capleS or
something of the kind at the end.
ON the side Of the headlight OF NO
% whose engineer was Edward Chdl-
tertou. Was painted the United statues
coat of arms. while the tender OF 10.
"a had the same device on the side.
The tender was painted black uu'
enameled. while all the stripping was
made with gold leaf.
The engineer of No. "a, Maynard
sritb always wore white duck. as Inc
deed did many of the other old-tll'l'
engineers. and he was very eNdcilhB.
when ne climbed into the cab on hl-
.npinp inst before starting on a tiip'
he WouId take out his white
rbief and wine the different brass mt
rings in the cab to see II an had peeh
properly cleaned. .h.
Many Of the engines in use lh tne
aarIv daVs were named instead OF bt-
10 on the New Haven
ana Hartford road. which connecteI
tba two cities before the consolidation
tbe engines bore such names as An
dromcda. Venus, Orient ana puoui',
some engines had landscapes painted
ON the sides of the cab.
In those days the engineer was 'ho
aristocrat among the rall'oad lh.,.
As soon as he reached the emu oI NJ
nm no would AXE off his oNefalls
tnrn over the engine 10 "A hoslitI'
vasb his hands at the tender Goes
and stem off right at the station Jus
work done until the return lflp' 49,,
~ any repairs were needed ne uld
MT consider that his duty had oe'I
fulfilled when a report hdu pvI'
turued i'm. He made IL his parllcuiH'
h,siness D~ersonally to see thdt the l''
pairs were properly .
an engineer would spend houts 'i u''
ovvn lime 10 get his machine INTO Ut,
v.r,- host condition. Under the pres
ent system the engineer gets away a'
soon as possible and duesh 3ao" ~
again until ready To- take OUT nus '"'
when an engine went into the shop'
for renairs the machine was SUN ~.
,ter The control of the engineer. ~
addition. Improvement or alt't
cnuld he made unless hc desired d.
For instance. before the meet"
vras invented water was forced lI
the boiler by means Of q pump WIZ
al. hector made its appfaiah.
many engineers had little laIlh lh D
and refused To have the h'" i"'-
thing nut on their engines. N'M w
same engineers wonder now 'h'H ~.
along without the injector
Engines Much Changed.
0,,,ocrous devices have been ndi''
O., the locomotive. until mo-" y. ''
gtneer OF the old regime N'uIo "'
i loss for a time 10 he were F"'
,~. M an ~up-tO-date cuklh.-
49, mi reverse bar are the Same
h,,t tbare are many little tn'a-- '-
- t,U-ard making the duties q" I'D
engineer lighter. o
- automatic bell ringer ono
en-. NOWADAYS comprr-~'h {"
~ tho he'll. whenever Che engine,
desires to ring the boil DE- -lh'lh' '"'
on the air. ---r..
There O. also an automali- E
rns,eal of the lahorious ana
m-tbo4 nj drawing the sand i.t.
MGR ana forth 90 bring @ nov 'I .E
in FRONT of the slipping GUN
nngtneer has but TO turn a lifile VIZ
w-bfeb controls an automhu' l
then can forget al about the s,nl-
pevarse hars have been aiI'
"a WORT with steam. but -nn
other they have never met
favor. although reversing I'D
inc old engines Wa q mn-t
task Tracing his fe6f
- In me cab. the uid-flmr
-vanr ffmes had Co. TUG avn
H. - gcf me engine in the beck ".
And the fireman has NOT n.en
rotten in this march of impfo .
The automatic stoker pas
vcntef fnr hi- benefit but NOT
nf baze are Gu operation
His greatest boon has 4