Running and Management Table of Contents - Index ENGINEERS AND
THEIR DUTIES Attributes that make a Good Engineer.How
Engineering Knowledge and Skill are Acquired. Public Interest in
Locomotive Engineers. Ignorance versus Knowledge. Illiterate
Engineers not wanted in America. Growing Importance of Engineers
Duties. Individuality of American Engineers. Necessity for Class
Improvement. The Skill of Engineers influences Operating
Expenses.Methods of Self-improvement. Observing Shop Operations.
Where Ignorance was Ruin. Prejudice Against Studying Books. The
Kind of Knowledge Gained from Books.Models and Cross-sections.
HOW LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ARE MADE Reliable Men Needed to Run
Locomotives.Difficulties of Running Locomotives at Night and
during Bad Weather. Kind of Men to be Chosen as Firemen. First
Trips. Popular Misconception of a Firemans Duties.Learning
Firemens Duties.A Good Fireman makes a Good Engineer Learning an
Engineers Duties.Learning to Keep the Locomotive in Running-
order.Methods of Promotion on our