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Erie, Pa.,
Tuesday, January 19, 1926.

More inspection tests all day. Very instructive indeed. I haven't time to night to write any more. Overtime.

[[underline]] To Willie [[/underline]] --Bldg. 6, Erie Works, Genelectric Company, [[underline]] January 19, 1926:[[/underline]] Christianson and I have the motor all ready for the inspectors and now all we can do is wait for them to arrive. They are from the Illinois Central Railroad for whom these motors have been made. Probably you haven't much idea what a railway motor looks like because they aren't at all similar to an ordinary electric motor as far as external appearance is concerned.Hence, I'll try to sketch you our set-up as it appears from where I am sitting.

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The above intermission represents eight hours, for just then the inspectors arrived and I couldn't draw the picture. Now it is about 6 p.m. and we are working overtime until the night shift comes on to take over these motors. Now I might try to draw another motor that is in front of me; hope I shan't be interrupted this time.

[[image- sketch of motor ^[[shaft of motor]] ^[[Axle of locomotive goes through here]] ]]

To explain very briefly how it works, there is a small gear on the motor shaft that meshes with a large gear that is on the axle of the car or locomotive, thus driving it when the motor is running. You see, one side of the motor is hung on the axle it drives, and the other side is fastened to the frame of the the truck, so they call this type "axle hung." All the street cars have this kind of a motor. That concludes your lesson in railway motor engineering for the day. ....Yesterday noon, I had a very interesting discussion of American slang with Allende and was able to supply him with some information too. Here is part of it:

Allende -- What is this word you say, slop; I slop your face?
I-- Slap, slap. Oh yes. S-L-[[underline]]A [[/underline]]-P. That's it SLAP.