Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Railway

The flues through which the gases from the fire pass to heat the water in the boiler. The gas is drawn through the tubes by the draught created from the exhaust of the steam through the chimney. Tube ...

turret, steam

Transportation; Railway

The US term for the steam manifold.

uniflow locomotive

Transportation; Railway

An experimental locomotive which worked on the South Eastern Railway between 1849 and 1852 using a large, externally piped exhaust system. It did not find acceptance and was not used elsewhere.

thermic syphon

Transportation; Railway

A water passage built into a firebox in a Y shape so that the base of the Y is turned forward to connect with the water space at the front of the firebox and the two arms open into the crown space. ...

throat plate

Transportation; Railway

The portion of the firebox which joins the boiler barrel. This is a difficult section to form as it is often of an unusual shape to accommodate the change from a circular barrel to a more rectangular ...

top feed

Transportation; Railway

A system of boiler replenishment, first tried in 1863 and occasionally from that time until Churchward of the GWR adopted it in 1906, where the feed water is passed through pipes to the top of the ...