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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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pumps, water
Transportation; Railway

The means of supplying feed water to the boiler before the introduction of injectors. See Feed Pump and Feed Water Heating.

radial axles
Transportation; Railway

Axles designed to move laterally entering a curve in an effort to reduce the flange and rail wear incurred with rigid axles. The design was normally confined to the leading or ...

self-cleaning smokebox
Transportation; Railway

A system for removing ash accumulated in the smokebox using the gases from the fire, first introduced in the UK during the Second World War. A baffle plate placed in front of the ...

setting back
Transportation; Railway

The act of reversing the locomotive gently into its train in order to reposition the engines (i.e. the pistons in the cylinders) into a more favourable position for starting. ...

sight feed lubricator
Transportation; Railway

A locomotive lubricator system where a reservoir of oil mounted in the cab was equipped with glass fronted tube to allow the crew to observe that oil was available.

single
Transportation; Railway

The common term to denote a locomotive with only one driving wheelset. In the older versions, the driving wheel was often very large in proportion to the rest of the locomotive. ...

single flue boiler
Transportation; Railway

A boiler with only one tube, or flue between the fire at one end and the chimney at the other. This was the type of boiler common before the introduction of the multi-tube boiler ...

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