Identifier: railwaymechanica94newy (find matches)
Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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fact that there is a much better under-standing among all concerned in the movement of trains asto the actual tonnage handled by each train. Under the arrangement outlined by Mr. Mounce it mayhapjien that the adjusted tonnage where principally emptycars are being handled is 500 tons in excess of the actualtonnage. If this adju.sted tonnage were corrected on the basisof the average weight of cars handled, which in this casewould take into consideration the preponderance of emptycars moved, it would proliably not vary more than one hun-dred tons from the actual tonnage. Practical men knowthe great value of having a .system that does not confusethose to whom its execution is entrusted. The adjusted ton-nage rating should conform to this rule and wliile retainingalAhe advantages to be .secured from the equalization of carresistances must be exceedingly simple in its application andshould not involve results which are not clearly understoodby all concerned in its application. L. Greenleaf.
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Sufcrhcatcr Freight Locomotiies of the C-IO Type for the Prnssian-IIcssiuK Ka^.i^u^.. The First Locomotive Built by Krupps. The Railway Situation in Germany Shortage of Locomotives the LimitingFactor. Output of Labor Greatly Decreased BY ROBERT E. THAYER European Editor of the Railway Mechanical Engineer THE aftermath of the war in Germany has been muchmere severe than perhaps was anticipated at the endof the war. The new government, formed after therevolution, was made up of men of little experience in thegoverning of a nation the size of Germany and as a resultthere has been a constant state of unrest, dissatisfaction andno co-ordination of effort. \\ith the bolshevistic seed fairlywell germinated, it was doubly hard to get the nation back on

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