Excerpt from Railway Repair Shop PracticeThe way the stripped or de-wheeled engines are arranged in rows along the parallel pit tracks is illustrated in Fig. 1, -which is a View in the erecting department. This illustration also indicates the extent to which a locomotive is taken apart for general overhauling. Ordi narily, the boiler, frame, cylinders, and cab remain intact, as shown in the foreground to the left, it may, however, be necessary to remove the cab when extensive repairs have to be made on the firebox, and occa sionally the boiler and frames are separated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.