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Notes From Everywhere

New Rolling Stock For The Railways

That the interna combustio erigine is likely to prove of consi- derable help to the railways la, the

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future is evident from the extensive rallcar experiments which are being carried out, not only by the four main dine groups in Eng- land, but in many other parts of the world

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Some time ago Leyland Motors, Ltd., developed a traction unit for this work which is ideally suited for railway operation, owing to its automatic hydraulic transmission itted to and because it can be almost any type of rolling stock and is, thereture, equally suitable for conversion purposes as for the building of new railcars.

are already running Cars England. Ireland and Australia, the latest order received for this unit coming from the New Zealand Government rallways and calling for seven complete units consisting of the engine, hydraulle transmis sion, rear axle and the necessary remote control gear. These are to be built into cars which are now under construction in the railway shops. Eventually they are to be operated on the Rimutakas moun- tain range, where gradients of the order of 1 in 12 with several five- chain curves are encountered,

Another rallway which has re- cently placed an order for this type of transmission is the L.M.S, Rail- way, which has ordered a shunting, locomotive for service in Norther Ireland. This will be of the 0-6-0 type and is to be fitted with a 10-litre Leyland C.I. engine at each end driving through the torque converter on to the centre axle. the arrangement being such that full power can be applied in either direction. As the loco will be lighter than a steam locomotive of the same power, ballast tanks will be Atted which can be filled with water and fuel oil, in this way the origine can carry 450 gallons of fuel oil, and its weight be brought up to 50 tons,

Another interesting type of rail- Cai is under construction Sweden. This "has an engine and torque converter mounted on each bogle, the bogies themselves being fitted with pneumatic tyre equip- ment of the Austro-Daimler type. The body will be composed of steel sections welded together. which vehicle actual will

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OILINESS AND ITS

IMPORTANCE ·

In the course of a "Quarter of a Century" number, wherein it dealt with the progress made in auto- mobile design and in the allied industries on which the automo- "The Automobile bile depends, Engineer" refers to progress in fuels and oils.

"This matter of refining raises the question of the lubricating characteristics of an oil, as it would now appear passible to over-refine. The quality known as 'oiliness may be endangered to some extent in the process of manufacture. Here again, interesting work has been carried out by the oil chemist, who discovered some time back that the addition of small quantities of fatty acid increases what is known as the alliness of an osi.

"As to what exactly are the un-

or

derlying physical chemical

causes of oiliness, there appears to be some obscurity. It is however. agreed that this is related in some way to the tenacity with which the vil attaches itself to the sur- faces that are being lubricated. That is to say, the resistance of the last boundary film to break- down is the factor of importance. It seems possible that this charac- teristic may in turn be fr some way related to the surface tension that exists, in all fluids. There may be some inter-molecular ten- alon in this surface flm which gives it greater strength case of the oiller oil. In the very ane fins at boundary conditions. practically nothing but the surface remains, so that the whole of the oil present on the metal is under surface tension due to the fact that it constitutes in effect a sur- face only.

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"Whatever the causes may be. the fact is that olliness is a factor of proved importance, and there is little doubt that it will be consi- dered one of the essential tests of modern oils.

The oil chemist referred to in the article is, of course, as "The Germ Triangle" points out, Mr. J. E. Southcomoe, M.Sc., the head of the technical department of Clerm Lubricants, Ltd, of London

NEW FIRE ENGINES

Amongst the more interesting of the many orders received by Leyland Motors, Ltd., for its fire London engines. is that of the

County Council Fire Brigade for Are tenders with special facilit- les for the carrying of breathing apparatus. The machine are fit- bed with limousine bodies, seating. accommodation" for the crew be- ing provided by a seat running the full width of the body and situated immediately behind the driver's seat, but separated from it by a partition. Cupboards be- hind the crew's seat carry the breathing apparatus. which can thus bé dorned en route to the fire. The pump, which is at the ar of the machine, is of 700 has twin 8.p.m. capacity, and

The engine is u. suction inlets. standard 8-cylinder 43.5 h.p. Ley- land petrol engine, and it is wor- thy of note that these machine are the first 6-cylinder fire en- gines to be ordered by the L.C.C.

LEYLAND OILERS WORK AT 40 DECS. BELOW Although "logging With Ley-" lands" la almost a slogan in Cana- da, the all-engined Badgers re- cently put into service by Price Bros. have created something of a sensation amongst lumbermen in Quebec and Ontarica The ma- chines are used to haul sleighs loaded with logs from the woods to the river over roads of frozen snow, which are sometimes 12 ft. from dep during the winer.

More often than October to Apri not, they are working in a tem- zero 72 degs. of frost).

the loading Operating from platform over a distance of eight miles to the river, these vehicles their backs rarry five tons on and-tow three or four big sleighs loaded with between 35 and 50 hey work 24 hours tots of log

a day, only stopping between mid- Light Saturday and 6 a.m. Mon- day, as without the snow work of this kind is impossible. The vell- cles are standard overseas models Atted with pneumatic tyres with heavy snow chains on their rear wheels.

Lumbermen are watching their performance with unusual inter- est. as not only does the economy of the oil engine appeal to them! but the vehicles have the added advantage of being worked all the year, whereas the tractors which they replaced were only suitable for snow and had to be lald

the during

summer up months.

AN INTERESTING APPOINTMENT

Mr. Sidney A. Amos, M. Eng.. who has been practising as a Con- sulting Diesel Engineer, has re- cently joined the staff. of Germ Lubricants, Ltd., London.

A Master of Engineering of Lon- don University with considerable experience in the installaton and operation of stationary and már- ine Diesel engines, Mr. Amos was with a well-known English engine builder and also with a Contin- ental company before he commen- ced as a Consultant.

The Arm he has now polned has a world-wide experience of Diesel engines of all kinds, including compression ignition engines for road vehicles.

TRANSPORT IN THE DESERT

The total length of the great Iraq pipe-ine from Kirkuk in the Mosul oilfield ares to the Mediter- ranean seabcard is 1.200 miles. the longest in the world.

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For the transport' of this vast quantity of pipes, special Beam- mell "Ploneer" vehicles were built for the Iraq Petroleum Co. These cach huge 10-wheelers. capable of carrying 10 tons of steel pipes up to 40 ft. long, ft- ted with a special type of jib crane for off-loading the pipes. The jib had a length of 24 ft., and a lifting capacity of one ton at the extreme end and of two tons halfway' in its length.

Altogether orders for 21 of these vehicles were placed, and throughout the long and arduous enterprise the fleet of Scammell

up admirably to. laries stood their task, even though condiions In the Trans-Jordan desert pro- vide the most gruelling test for transport to be found anywhere in the world

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935.

ENGINEERING

MAIL NEWS

RAILWAY TO CHANGE COURSE

To facilliate the construction work. it is learnt that the Che- kiang-Klangsi Railway Adminis- -tration has decided to modify its Instead of original program. passing through Nanchang, pro- the of Klangsi vincial capital Administration plans to extend the line from Yushan to Jing- slang. western Kiangs!, via Feng- cheng, about 50 miles south of Nanchang.

TO LINK RAILWAYS

and The Nanking-Shanghal Nanking-Wuhu Railways will be linked up outside the Kuanghua Gate, in the south-eastern part of the Capital, where, a through be transportation station will erected. The line linking up the two railways will be 21 kilometers in length passing entirely on the outskirts of the Capital. The Kiangnan Railway Company will be responsible for the construc-" tion of 5 kilometers of the line from the Nankng-Wuhu station up to the through transportation station outside the Kuanghua Gate via Yohua Road. The Nan- king-Shanghai Railway authorit- les will build the 16 kilometer sec- the through tran- tion from sportation station at the Kuang- hua gate northwards to the Jao- hua Gate,

TO INAUGURATE AIR SERVICË

The Eurasia Aviation Corpora- tion has been ordered by the Min- Istry of Communications to make preparations for the inauguration of an air service between Sian provincial and Chengtu, the capitals of Shens! and, Szechuan. It is learnt that after a test flight, which will be made by a new be machine. regular trips will started in the beginning of Aü- gust.

LIGHT RAILWAY IN SHENSI

For the purpose of facilitating coal transportation in northern Shensi, the provincial govern- ment has approved plans for the construction of a light railway to link up Hslenyang, a prosperous elty at the north bank of the Yellow River, with Tungkwan, the coal producing district in nor- thern Shensi.

RAILWAY NEARING

COMPLETION

ussurance

Definit

that the Canton-Hankow Railway will be completed and in operation be- fore, the end of next year: is con-- tained in a lengthy report by Mr." H. H. Ling, director and engin- wer-in-chief of the yet uncom- pleted Chuchow-Shaochow sec tion of the railroad. The com- pletion of the rallway at the end of next year will be an event of vast significance. In the matter of travel alone, it takes at pre- ⚫ sent 15 days to travel from Can- ton to Hankow via Shanghai, the When the only practical route. line is completed, the trip will re- The new quire about 32 hours. railroad will open up a vast new area to the big trading centers. It will, above all, serve as a means of close contact between North and South China, will give access to the rich interior of Hu- nan, and affords a trunk has to be lined up, with the highway and branch railway connections to. Kwangel, Kwelchow, and even re- mote Szechuan,

TATUNG;PUCKÓW RAILWAY

Both the Taiyuan-Yuanping (northern) section and the Lini- Houma (southern) section of the Railway were Tatung-Puchow opened to traffic on August 1. The Hallway, which is being built by runs through soldier labour, Shansi" province from north to south.

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FROM CHINA

TIENSHUI-MALUCHEN

HIGHWAY

NEW LIENYUNKANG PORT

Development of the new port estern of Lienyankang, at the terminus of the Lung-Hai Rail- way, is making great strides. The latest pieces of construction work started are the building of B IP- servoir and an electric power plant under the auspices of the Administra- Lung-Hat Rallway

The highway linking up Tien- shul (Tsinchow), in castern Kan., On the and Malunchen, su Kansu-Shens border, covering a distance of 75 kilometers, has been completed, the Kansu. Pro- vincial Department of Recor

announces. The struction road will further expedite inter- provincial

tion. -communications be- tween Kangsu and Shensi as it connects the Lanchow-Tienshul with the Highway in Kansu Lungchow-Fengslang-Stan High- way in Shensi province.

CITY TELEPHONES

new

All city telephones, whether operated by the State or private corporations, should be linked up with the long-distance telephone system of the Ministry, states an

of Com-.. order of the Ministry munications to the various Tele- graph and Telephone Burcax in the country:

Steps should be

the order' taken immediately urges, to conclude agreements with the private corporations for the institution of the service

SIAN-CHENGTU AID. SERVICE

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The projected air service he- tween Sian and Chengtu, respec- of capitals tively provincial Shensi and Szechuan. will be in- augurated on the 10th inst., it is learnt at the Ministry of Com- munications. The airline" will be operated by the Ministry of Com- munications with airplanes char- tered from the Eurasia Corpora- tion.

CANTON-SAMSHUL RAILWAY

It is learnt that the Ruang-- tung Provincial Government has decided to extend the Canton- Shamshul Rallway to Wuchow. eastern Kuangsi, passing through Szewul in north-western Kuang- tung and Hohsien and Papu in eastern Kuangsi. The projected, Kine is 230 kilometers long and will require $10,000,000 to struct. Surveys are being con- ducted by deputies of the Pro- vincial Department of Recon- struction,

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LANTON HAINAN AIRWAY

The Canton Municipal author- itles are planning to establish a civil aerodrome in Honam island, opposite Canton city. The South- western Aviation Corporation has decided to extend, às from August 15. its Canton-Hainan Airway TOT Pakhol, south-western Kuangtung: to Nanning, provin- cial capital of Kuangsi, so as to link up with the Canton-Lung-

chow Lins.

KANSU.SHENSI ROAD

The newly completed Tien shul-Maluchen highway which links Tlenshui in eastern Kansu with Maluchen on the Shenst border with a total length of about 75 kilometers will be for- mally opened to traffic early in August.

BRIDGE SPANNING KAN RIVER

Construction work on the 1,080- -meter bridge spanning the Kan River in Kiangs! which has been proceeding apace during the past 12 months will be completed by the end of September, according to information from the engin- eering bureau. The bridge will be known as the Chungcheng bridge,

General named after Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung-chen chairman of the Military Affata Commission,

BUS SERVICE RESUMED

the Blan Omnibus service on

Lanchow (Kansu) (8henal) Highway, which was recently dis- located as a result of the over- flow of mountain freshets "due to heavy rains, was resumed on July 30 following repairs.

STEEL BRIDGE COMPLETED

Construction of the Huitung. steel bridge in Lungling. western Yunnan, hag been completed after two years' work. The bridge. is 309 feet long and 9 feet wide and has been built at a cost of over $80,000.

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY

With the approval of the Min- istry of Railways, a Planning Committee for the Readjustment of the Canton-Hankow Hallway hag been organized in Nanking with Mr. Esia Kwang-yu

In order to coordin- Chairman. ate the planning with the sur- vey work, an office will be estab- lished at Wuchang by the Com- mittee.

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LUNG.HAI LINE. OBTAINS LOAN

The $4,880,000 loan contractza by the Ministry of Railways for " the construction of sections of the Lung-Hai railway from Bian to Paochi has been signed with a syndicate composed of the Bhanghal Commercial and Say- ings Bank, the Kincheng Bank- ing Corporation; the Continental Bank the Bank of China and the The Communications, Bank of

be advanced to the loans will railway ministry in four instal- ments, beginning November, one per cent per years, beginning June 1936. It is being secured against the receipts from sales tickets 0: Lung-Ha railway through the China Travel Ser- vice, and freight proceeds of the Kallan Mining Corporation and the Chung Hsing Mining Cor- poration.

RADIO STATION AT SINCHWANG

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The Ministry of Communica tlons has decided to purchase at Sinchwang, about 7 miles south- west of Lung-Hua, Shanghai, a tract of land covering an area of more than 300 mou on which will be built a large-scale radio station.

Work fun, the construc tion of a 10.000-watt radio broad- casting station at Woosung has already been started. When com- plated it wil be the second larg." est station in the country.

RADIOPHONE LINE

Plans have been mapped out provincial by the Kuangtung government" for the installation of a radiuphone system Hnking Canton with Kiangmen (Kong- moon, the northern terminal of the Taishan Railway. The pro lect, it is understood, will cost $100,000 and installation work i expected to start within a month,

BUS SERVICE TO BE. OPENED

"Bus service on the newly con- structed Wusth-Shanghai High- way will be formally inaugurated Ot August 15, it was decided at a recent meeting of the share- holders of the Wush-Shanghai long distance Omnibus Company. The capital of the company will be reduced from $1,000,000 to $800,00. Application for registra- tion will be filed imediately with the Ministry of Industry.

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IN RHODESIA

Bridge Building

In a recent issue of the Bul- letin

General Mana- of the

Rail- ger 01 the Rhodesian deta.is were ways, some

given

of the organ satión for trans- porting large quantities of steel the und other materials for

the Birchenough Bidge Changadzi River-the third lar- in the gest bridge of its type world.

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and the length Owing weight dr individual pleces of steelwork, varying from 51 ft. and & tons respectively. 80mC difficult transport problems have been encountered. as in some places during the eighty-mile the journey up-country from base at

narrow Umtail. on.y tracks with acute corners are available for. read vehicles. Fur- thermore, gradients up to 1 in

their worst and 8 have to be climbed where the-

roads

are at

the climate being semi-tropical, the resulta of heavy season." rains have been detrimental to the regular supply of material to the erectazs. on being made the site

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Depart- The Transportation ment of the Rhodesian Railways. to .. however, were quickly alive

the magnitude of the task. and at the outset specially modified Thoraycroft three-and five-ton rigid six-wheelers were

case of the structed. In the three-tonners, these were con- verted into articulated eight- wheelers by arranging a turntab'e over the rear bogte to carry the front end of a long wheelbase two-wheeled traller, while fo“

RUSSIAN PRIZE

For British Firm

Sundry references have appen. ed in the Press concerning. the Russian" Diesel Engine Contes which took place during th summer and autumn of lase in which various year, and British engines were entered, 1-, cluding two Thornycroft of in- stalled in Rusalan made Arn and Yaraslav chassia.

The results of this exhaustive trial have now been made known, and it la exceedingly gratifying to record that the high Thorny- croft standard of performance maintained theenghout close on 5,000 miles of hard driving from, Moscow to Tifils and back ha received recognition from 1 organisers in the form of a su stantial prize. The total per centage of marks gained by the CIND4 and DC6 engines was 79.1 and 74.5 respectively, compared with the maximum of 80.17 ob- tained by an engine of Continen- tal origin

Actually both the Thornycroft engines gained greater number of marks for economy than the engine that was adjudged to have scored the greatest number o: points throughout the contes

the large vehicles special traile were made from existing, mode in ordinary use to carry five to of steel frame work up to 451 in length

Up to quite recently these out Ots had successfully dealt with nearly 3,000 tons of steelwo without a single accident, and the "présent time the work still going on

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