NRS-15591 | Annual Reports of the Locomotive Testing and Locomotive Running Sections, Mechanical Branch

These reports detail the activities of the Mechanical Branch, specifically investigations undertaken by the Locomotive Testing Section, and Section of the Engineer for Locomotive Running. The Reports were submitted to the Chief Mechanical Engineer. Investigations concerned the performance of locomotive engines, with tests and experiments undertaken with the object of improving operation. The reports include details of trial runs of locomotives at varying locations, track depression indicator tests, locomotive coal consumption, training of enginemen, dynamometer van operation, spark arresters, valve ellipse recorders, self-cleaning smokeboxes, and reports concerning the operation of C.36 and C.38 class engines.Custody HistoryThis series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R130 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.