Identifier: locomotiveengine07hill (find matches)
Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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; befor prone I blas- the here-inbefore mentioned foreman. This foreman was one of those restfulmortals who make you feel satisfied withyour lot, when you kick about cylinderpacking that blows, valves that leak, or ■rial, -this lelps 1 Old-TJme Broad Gauge Mill. The It and honorable c port ; here a part of the New ^^f^^ gine for speed on theNew York road, nowJersey & New York. The ••Hackcnsack was built by theRogers Locomotive and Machine Worksin i860, and for many years hauled passen-gers, until ruled off the course by the nar-rowing up of the line. Her principal di- Ijaugeofroad, 6 ft. forf kind that scratches off a// the workput on the book if he does a little of it. One of the kind who believe in goodenough jobs. One of the kind who are always wantingto get out on the road to run—and hasnever done any running, or firing, ^>cther. Skeevers laid for Davidson for over ayear, and finally got him. Davidson bad the road at all, jest run her on froth—soda Skeevers was gl

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