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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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johnson bar
Transportation; Railway

US term for the reversing lever in the locomotive cab.

journal
Transportation; Railway

The housing in which the axle turns. A source of much trouble if not kept lubricated properly.

fairlie locomotive
Transportation; Railway

An articulated type of locomotive designed by Robert F Fairlie in 1865. The design was popular on narrow gauge lines. The frame was mounted on to one or two engine units which ...

feed pump
Transportation; Railway

The means of getting fresh water into the boiler from the tank before injectors became common from the 1860s. Pumps could be worked off an extension of the piston rod, the engine ...

feed water heating
Transportation; Railway

Various means of pre-heating the water supplied to the boiler were tried over the 125 years of steam locomotive development. In 1854 Joseph Beattie of the London & South Western ...

fell system
Transportation; Railway

A system which allows locomotives to climb gradients at or over the limit of adhesion by means of a central third rail. The locomotives are equipped with a second set of cylinders ...

joy valve gear
Transportation; Railway

A valve gear designed by David Joy in 1879 and quite widely used over the next 30 years. It was simpler than other valve gears but required the provision of a hole for a link in ...

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