STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEMAN’S. Manual - part 11

Chapter 5: - Fireman’s Duties

 

 

 

 

If firing on a downward grade is necessary, the door is kept 
open slightly until the new coal is burning well and smoke 
has cleared away.  The door is then closed. 

 
 

The blower should be used only lightly and only when 
necessary. 

 
5.12 

WATERING STOPS 

 
 

It is essential that feed water treatment be added to tender 
water each time the engine takes on water.  Care is to be 
taken to ensure the correct amounts of the various 
treatments are added for the amount of water added to the 
tender or side tanks. 

 
 

Firemen are to ensure that the hydrant hose is hooked back 
behind the water valve after taking water and that the valve 
is fully turned off. 

 
 

Ash is not to be dropped at the Swanbank water 
hydrant. 

 
5.13 

STABLING AND ENGINE 

 
 

When an engine is to be stabled at the end of an operating 
day, the boiler is to be filled as much as possible before the 
fire is dropped or banked so that only minor filling will be 
required when the fire is withdrawn. 

 
 

Ash is to be blown out of the smokebox before cleaning or 
dropping the fire. 

 
 

When cleaning or dropping the fire, the ashpan water is 
turned on before opening the ashpan traps. 

 
 

The bars are rocked to remove as much ash as possible.  
The clinker bar is then opened and all ash and clinker 
removed by pushing out through he clinker bar opening. 

 
 

Care is to be taken to ensure that all ash and clinker is 
removed from under the door. 

 
 

If the fire is to be banked, enough live coal must be retained 
to form a bed on which to build a bank of green coal. 

 
 

The ashpan water is turned off, the ashpan traps are closed 
and the traps are checked to ensure they have closed 
completely.  The dampers are also closed. 

 

Chapter 5: - Fireman’s Duties

 

 

 

 

The engine is moved to the stabling position and the boiler is 
filled until the injectors are cut out, if the engine is to be 
stabled for more than one night, If the engine is to be banked 
or if the engine is to be lit up the next day, three quarters of a 
glass of water should be left in the boiler 

 
 

Fires are to be banked against the tube plate, under the 
brick arch. 

 
 

Before leaving the engine, a check is to be made to ensure 
that the blower and lubricator are shut off.  The cylinder 
cocks are to be open and the regulator fully closed.  The 
reversing lever is to be in the central position and the hand 
brake on.  Wheels are to be chocked if necessary. 

 
 

If the fire has been dropped fully, the main steam valve on 
the main mount is to be also closed.  The cab footplate is to 
be swept and left in a clean and tidy condition. 

 

 

A checklist titled ‘STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTIONS 
WHEN STABLING AFTER TRIP’  has been prepared and 
Drivers and Firemen are to use this checklist when stabling 
an engine . 

 
 

Refer to FIGURE 7 in Annex A. 

 
 

 
 
 

Chapter 6: - Driver’s Duties 

 

 
 

 

CHAPTER 6 

 
 

DRIVERS DUTIES

 

 

Chapter 6: - Driver’s Duties 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 6: - 

DRIVER’S DUTIES 

 
 

 

Page No. 

 

6.1 

Hand over Check List 

 

57 

6.2 

Hydrostatic Lubricator 

 

57 

6.3 

Oiling of Engines During Operating Days 

 

57 

6.4 

Hot Bearings on Locomotives 

 

58 

6.5 

Engine Lighting 

 

59 

6.6 

Tools and Emergency Equipment 

 

59 

6.7 

Moving an Engine 

 

59 

6.8 

Brake Test 

 

59 

6.9 

Water Gauge Tests 

 

59 

6.10 

Use of Scum Cock 

 

59 

6.11 

Ashpan Traps to be Checked 

 

60 

6.12 

Pressure Gauges to be Checked 

 

60 

6.13 

Firemen to be Instructed 

 

60 

6.14 

Driver to Check Tender Water 

 

60 

6.15 

Engine Defects 

 

60 

6.16 

Stabling Engines 

 

60