Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... NO. 3--THE WHOLE D FAMILY SAW A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE FROM THE CAR WINDOW. Pow Zowie "blng, Look, They Have Them Won T Bend His Knees Up There Too. I Wonder Why It Is They Don't Study Draft Gear More. Throw Off A Magazine." Mrs. Zam--"'d Yuh See It? Did Yuh? One Of Them Old Fangled Draft PULLERS." Bing Zam--"yes I Saw It! How Could I Keep From Seeing It? I'm Looking At That Man On Top. See! He's Been In Danger Of Falling Between. If He Had Tried To Step From That Car To The Other Just A Little Sooner. It Would Have Been, Good-bye Johnnie!" the mechanical department has done all that can be done within the limits of draft sill spacing and coupler travel, and that the problem is no longer up to the mechanical department, but that responsibility rests entirely upon the operating department. While it is necessary to have various departments in railroading, because of the complexity of the industry, it is never well to forget that we are railroad men first, and department men of a railroad second. The draft gear problem is not for the operating department alone, nor for the mechanical department alone. It is a joint problem, and we can hardly believe that all has been done by either department that can be done. It would be appalling to think for a moment in this day of rapid progress that the mechanical department has reached the limit, so far as the draft gear is concerned. The responsibility of handling the cars with reasonable care rests with the operating department in this joint problem. This brings up the question at once as to just what reasonable care is in the handling of a freight car. While rough handling of cars is conceded at every point in train movement, undoubtedly the roughest handling is found in the switching yards in...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... NO. 3--THE WHOLE D FAMILY SAW A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE FROM THE CAR WINDOW. Pow Zowie "blng, Look, They Have Them Won T Bend His Knees Up There Too. I Wonder Why It Is They Don't Study Draft Gear More. Throw Off A Magazine." Mrs. Zam--"'d Yuh See It? Did Yuh? One Of Them Old Fangled Draft PULLERS." Bing Zam--"yes I Saw It! How Could I Keep From Seeing It? I'm Looking At That Man On Top. See! He's Been In Danger Of Falling Between. If He Had Tried To Step From That Car To The Other Just A Little Sooner. It Would Have Been, Good-bye Johnnie!" the mechanical department has done all that can be done within the limits of draft sill spacing and coupler travel, and that the problem is no longer up to the mechanical department, but that responsibility rests entirely upon the operating department. While it is necessary to have various departments in railroading, because of the complexity of the industry, it is never well to forget that we are railroad men first, and department men of a railroad second. The draft gear problem is not for the operating department alone, nor for the mechanical department alone. It is a joint problem, and we can hardly believe that all has been done by either department that can be done. It would be appalling to think for a moment in this day of rapid progress that the mechanical department has reached the limit, so far as the draft gear is concerned. The responsibility of handling the cars with reasonable care rests with the operating department in this joint problem. This brings up the question at once as to just what reasonable care is in the handling of a freight car. While rough handling of cars is conceded at every point in train movement, undoubtedly the roughest handling is found in the switching yards in...
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