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Transportation
Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.
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pannier tank
Transportation; Railway
A tank locomotive design where the water tanks were mounted on either side of the boiler as for a normal tank loco. but were raised so as to be clear of the running plate. The ...
piston rod
Transportation; Railway
The rod connecting the piston to the crosshead at the rear of the cylinder. The piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder by the slidebars guiding the crosshead as it moves ...
mountain type locomotive
Transportation; Railway
A locomotive with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement first introduced in the US in 1911 for the mountain section of the Chesapeake & Ohio RR.
multi-tube boiler
Transportation; Railway
One of the principal design advances for the steam locomotive was the introduction of the multi-tubular boiler. It was suggested to George Stephenson by Henry Booth and was fitted ...
manifold, steam
Transportation; Railway
The steam pipe in the cab which supplied all the cab control valves such as the whistle, injectors, carriage heating, blower, sanding etc. Sometimes referred to as the 'steam ...
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