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Angus Sinclair,
New York, April 6, 1885.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING.
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CHAPTER I.
ENGINEERS AND THEIR DUTIES.
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ATTRIBUTES THAT MAKE A GOOD ENGINEER.
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The locomotive engine which reaches nearest perfection, is one which performs the greatest amount of work at the least cost for fuel, lubricants, wear and tear of machinery, and of the track traversed: the nearest approach to perfection in an engineer, is the man who can work the engine so as to develop its best capabilities at the least cost. Poets are said to be born, not made. The same may be said of engineers. One man may have charge of an engine for only a few months, and yet exhibit thorough knowledge of his business, displaying sagacity resembling instinct concerning the treatment necessary to secure the best performance from his engine: another man, who appears equally intelligent in matters not pertaining to the locomotive, never develops a thorough understanding of the machine.