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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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wheel balancing
Transportation; Railway
The method of reducing the hammer blow caused by the action of the pistons driving the cranks as the crank approaches bottom dead centre. Driving wheels had weights fitted into ...
atlantic type locomotive
Transportation; Railway
Name given to the 4-4-2 type of locomotive, originally derived either from the locomotives of the Philadelphia Railroad which ran between Camden PA and Atlantic City or from the ...
baker valve gear
Transportation; Railway
A type of valve gear similar to Walschaerts but with less moving parts. It was popular in the US but was rarely if ever tried in Europe.
banjo
Transportation; Railway
The UK locomotive driver's nickname for certain types of vacuum brake valve handle in the cab, from its shape. Also used on some UK railways to denote a disc type ground signal. ...
valve setting
Transportation; Railway
The action of fitting and adjusting the locomotive valve gear to ensure the most efficient operation of the valves. This was a difficult job to do well and required skilled ...
von borries compound
Transportation; Railway
A system of compounding where the low and high pressure cylinders drove the same axles requiring that the valve gear be adjusted to ensure that the same level of work was done in ...
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