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Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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tractive effort
Transportation; Railway

The force exerted at the edge of the driving wheel of a locomotive expressed in pounds.

tube cleaning
Transportation; Railway

The removal of soot and ash from the inside of boiler tubes to ensure the effective generation of the draught for the fire. Was often done with steam lances, latterly with ...

tube plates
Transportation; Railway

The plates at the leading and rear ends of a boiler which were drilled with holes of the diameter required to hold the boiler tubes. The leading tube plate separated the boiler ...

superheater header
Transportation; Railway

The connection box mounted in the smokebox next to the tube plate which contains the incoming saturated steam pipe and the tubes for superheating the steam. Some designs of ...

superheater tubes
Transportation; Railway

See Superheater Elements.

tail rods
Transportation; Railway

Extensions to the piston rods which protruded through the front of the cylinders so fitted. Tried from time to time during the 1890s and early 1900s, fitting tail rods was said ...

return flue boiler
Transportation; Railway

A type of boiler used for some locomotives in the 1820s and 1830s where the single flue was turned back to provide double the heating surface for the water in the boiler. It ...

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