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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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driving wheels
Transportation; Railway
The large wheels connected to the steam engine pistons which therefore drive the locomotive.
exhaust steam
Transportation; Railway
The steam which escapes from the cylinders after the admission and expansion phases (see cylinder operation) have taken place, i.e. after the steam has completed its work. Exhaust ...
exhaust steam injectors
Transportation; Railway
First introduced in the UK about 1876. The use of exhaust steam to assist the work of injectors allowed some fuel savings over the pure live steam injector. BR class H, J, H/J and ...
expansion
Transportation; Railway
A given amount of steam will naturally attempt to expand into a space. If that space is a cylinder occupied by a piston, the steam will push the piston until it can expand no ...
expansion link
Transportation; Railway
A curved, slotted lever provided in various designs of valve gear to allow adjustment of the valve events relative to the position of the reverser, hence its name referring to the ...
de-sander
Transportation; Railway
A steam pipe positioned on some later designed steam locomotives to remove sand which has been applied to the rail head. It was done because sand tends to cause poor train ...
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