Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-06-09
Out of Service.

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centric and strap. Freight engine
doubled in on train one hour and
so minutes late. Two scales quit
today. The following engines are
out of service and in shop at this
point: Nos. .2O34, 2021, 1925, 2O12,
936, 2016 in the bone year: Nos.
2O18, 1898, 2OO4, 598, TO, 114O,
$50, 2218, 2001. 1850 and 2128 in
shop for classified repairs. Passen-
ger No. 16, Is minutes late. Pas
senger No. IA. 20 minutes late. En-
CINE No. 1896 on passenger No. z
broke spring saddle and engine No.
1882 was sent to Concord after train,
arriving SO minutes late. The M.
NJ. and road foreman of engines
took engine No. 2016 and jacks and
blocks and brought engine No. 1895
in. May 25-Two scales left on
passenger No. Z, and 25 scales came
in on passenger, No. Z from Balti-
more. We met them at the train
and got all Of them to leave, town.
Five came in from Chicago last night
but did not go to work. Assistant
to the erecting shop foreman was
discharged. He laid off set of
guides nd-spoiled the whole set.
Company is certainly up against it
good and hard. We are getting most
of the men who are shipped in to
leave. Boys are all firm.
Newark, O.-Engine No. 962 came
w. 81, hok 1;I ETYoo In
1882 came in with broken frame.
Yards are full of freight and no
power to move it. Company using
1900 class engines in yards; reg
ular yard engines on the hospital
track. The new 1900 class engines
are being transferred to other divi-
sions. Nos. 1900 and $500 class en-
gines are being sent here to take
their places, are ready for the shop,
as they are all ready for the scrap
pile. Engine No. 1906 blowed out
cylinder head at Weiants; sent yard
engine after train. Shops are on
short time and will shut down I'M
til the first of the coming month.
Grafton, W. Va.-Private car No
904 came in this morning and left
for the west on passenger No. Is.
Engine No. out of shop. The
regular night force in the machine
shop was cut off last night.
Stripping and Blowing.
Piedmont, w. Va.-Engine No.
1871 broke middle connecting side
rod and stripped herself. Engine
No. 1873 blewed out cylinder head.
Engine No. 1897 broke frame in two
places.
Full of ShOpped Engines. =.
Holloway, O.-Round-house is
full of shopped engines. They are
not getting any work out. Fourteen
scales arrived; none of them any
good. Scales coming and going all
of the time.
Packing Baggage.
Chillicothe, O.-Boys are still on
the job and are doing good -1work.
Engine No. $50 hauled in with brok-
en- cylinder. Eight scales arrived.
Express No. 14S one hour and A
minutes late. Freight engine No.
1903 hauled in Express No. 40. May
24-Engine No. 2516 left on No. 81,
fell down on the way; engine No.
1855 was sent out to take her place.
Engine No. 1923 fell down again on
express No. 48. She lost three main
rod keys between here and Ham
den and piston key worked loose.
Engine 2507 took her place on eX-
press No. 40, and was As minutes
late. Yard engine No. 106 was sent
to Schooley's to haul in local freight.
Engine No. 2619 left Belpre with
regular tonnage, kept setting off cars
along the road to cut tonnage and
had to double every hill until Vigo
was reached. Engine No. 1920 was
on drop pit eight days to have a pair
Of wheels dropped. 1t is reported
that most of the scales are packing
their baggage and getting ready to
leave. One SCALE left on pass No. 2.
All Night Job.
Cincinnati, O.-Engine No. 270
side swiped Big Four engine, break.
ing rocker arm, valve rod, cab cast
ings and destroying cab, disconnect-
ed and gone to Chillicothe. Engine
No. 119 rear end Of tank slowed in,
disconnected and gone to Washing
ton. 1t took four scales all night
to take off eccentric straps.
Engine No. 886 side swiped by c.,
H. & D.; one cylinder badly dam
aged: sent to Chillicothe. May "a
TWO new scales delivered today by
a gentleman who became real
angry because the pickets stopped
him. Engine No. 1881 over drop pit
since May IL from two cross brass
es. Scales dropped wheels OF Of
lack into pit. Two of the scales
had a fight today over which was
the proper way to line rod brasses,
top or bottom quarter. Engine No.
1881 out of shop pounding so bad
that you could hardly hear the whis-
tie, was run back in shop again to
have rods lined. The chain on the
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