Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-08-08
TACK FOR AN ENGINE.
Nen Who Are Held Responsible Vines
1t Falls Short In lts Work.

1t Falls Short In lts Work.
When a locomotive is built it is
expected to make a 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 ls
expected, says the Ohio Magazine, to
coE-r 700, 900 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 a
system of records. The superintend-
ent Of shops is responsible for all
power cut cut of service on the road
and placed inside the shop grounds,
and this responsibility does not end
until -he locomotive is ready for SER
vice again. From the time that it is
ready for service until it is once mure
cut out for repairs in the shop tie
master mechanic shoulders the re-
spensibility.
When the locomotive is ready tO
eaTe the shops 1t is inspected jointly
y the shop inspector, under the sup
srsutendent of shops, and an inspector
~eslling under the master mechanic.
aye.y workman who has any part
whatever in the handling of the loco
motive is responsible to his immedi-
ate foreman, just as the foreman is
responsible to his superiors.
Ii spite of the many intricate parts
Of locomotive the company records
show less than one engine failure for
every 10000 miles. An "engine fail
IRE is a 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 a
big system-790 in one case-has a
decided individuality in the eyes q
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 te
dale
The labor of every man who works
foF even an hour upon a certain ~.
CINE, each mechanic recording NJ
labor upon slip Of paper knowa a.
a daily time certificate, which in tuJA
is certified to by his immediate fore
man and forwarded to the geaaro.
timekeeper. The records Of tie read
enable the officials to show the eNact
cost of labor and material for eael
nile that a locomotive travels. C
each ton hauled.
II the case of collisions or Wrec'6s
E.-are the fault is not one OF d.
ay workmanship or material, tns
locomotive may enter the geaeJa
shops for rebuilding, even though Il
may not have completed the mGeegt
assigned to 1t. and no responsibility
at aches itself to those on whom il
would otherwise fall. The locomotive
Is simply repaired and is atloHe,i Il
complete the mileage originally as
signed to it.
When a locomotive Is brought tale
tho shops for work it is first stripio5
BY the men who comprise What Il
known as the stripping gang. .hie
gang Immediately takes off sUca r'lts
Of the engine as are necessary Tor ,at
respective job.
The parts to be repaired are cleanet
in vat and tho work is then disUitt
uted among the various employees Of
the machine and blacksmith depart
ments. each part when repaired 10 be
refined to the erecting side q ,he
.IJp, to be mounted again GA tbs
locomotive by the date on which 4, il
scheduled to go on the road The
dates are posted in consDicHoaa
place convenient to each repair g42.g