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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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de glehn
Transportation; Railway

The name given to a French system of compounding used at the turn of the century, which involved the use of two high pressure cylinders driving the rear wheelset and two low ...

dead locomotive
Transportation; Railway

One which is cold and usually has its driving wheels disconnected from the cylinders.

drop grate
Transportation; Railway

First introduced by Edward Bury in 1852 to allow easier fire cleaning and removal, the drop grate comes in a number of varieties. Usually designed as a part of the grate which can ...

eccentric
Transportation; Railway

In steam engine technology, part of the valve gear used by some designs to give motion to the valve. It may best be described as an auxiliary crank. It is essential to ensure that ...

ejector
Transportation; Railway

A steam operated device for creating a vacuum on trains equipped with the vacuum brake. Normally there are two ejectors, a 'large ejector' and a 'small ejector'. The latter is ...

engine, steam
Transportation; Railway

The portion of a steam railway locomotive which consists of the cylinders, valves, valve gear and connecting rods. Put another way, it is that portion of the locomotive which ...

dome
Transportation; Railway

A boiler fitting (of dome shape) resting on top of the boiler and used to house (most commonly) regulator valves, safety valves, or sand. The need for the dome first arose in the ...

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