Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-10-07
TAa& FOR AN ENGINE.
Men Who Are Held Responsible Whe'
u Falla Short In Its Work.

falIa snort IN It's WOI 4.
When a locomotive Is built 1t Is
expected to make a certain mileage
before 1T receives a general overhaul
ing. When that overhauling is done
II is again required to make DEF
mite mileage.
A modern passenger locomotive II
expected, says the Ohio Magazine, to
cover 10000 miles between general
"shoppiDgs. intermediate repairs be-
Ing made at the various roundhouses,
Responsibility for failure Of loco
motive 10 perform the work cut out
system of records. The 5uperintend'
ent Of shops is responsible for all
power cut out of service on the roaa
and placed inside the shop grounds
and this responsibility does not end
until the locomotive is ready for ser
vice again. From the time that it Is
ready for service until 1t is once more
cut out for repairs in the shop The
master mechanic shoulders the re-
sponsibility.
When the locomotive Is ready to
cave the shops it is inspected jointly
y the shop inspector, under the sup
erlntendent Of shopE, and an inspector
working under the master mechanic
Gvery 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 super1ors.
la spite of the many intricate parts
Of a locomotive the company records
show less than one engine failure for
every $1,000 miles. An engine fail
ure2 is delay of one minute OF moIe
20 any train, provided it is caused by
a failure of the machinery of the loco
motive.
Each Of the many locomotives OF d
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 sven an hour upon a certain en-
CINE, each mechanic recording nW
labor upon a slip of paper known as
a daily time certificate. which in turn
Is certified to by his immediate fore
aan and forwarded to the genera
timekeeper The records of the road
enable the officials to show the exact
cost of labor and material for each
mile that a locomotive travels. q
each ton hauled.
Ii the case Of collisions or wrecks
E-are the fault is not one OF defeo-
I've workmanship or material, the
locomotive may enter the general
shops for rebuilding, even though 1,
may not have completed the mileage
assigned to it. and no responsibility
attaches itself to those on whom It
@e4ld Otherwise fall The locomotive
Is simply repaired and is allowed to
complete the mileage originally as.
signed to it.
Whom locomotive is brought into
tho s. ops for work it is first stripped
by thr men who comprise what is
Known as the stripping gang. Thir
sang Immediately takes off such parts
Of the engine as are necessary for the
respective job
The parts 10 be repaired are cleaned
IN V-t and tA9 work is then distrih-
lted among the various employees OF
he machtae and blacksmith depart
aents, each part when repaired to be
'etec.ed to the erecting side of the
Up, to be mounted again on the
locomotive by the date On which ii ie
scheduled to go on the road The
dates are posted in a conspicuous
place convenient to each repair gang