Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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saturated steam

Transportation; Railway

Steam which has not been superheated. Also known as 'wet steam'.

radius rod

Transportation; Railway

A part of Walschaerts valve gear connecting the piston rod motion to the valve gear motion.

Once the boiler has generated sufficient steam, it can be used for useful work. A valve fitted on top of the boiler and often housed in a dome, is used by the driver to admit steam to the cylinders. ...

regulator valve

Transportation; Railway

The main steam control of a locomotive. Various types of valve and various locations for it were to be seen during the history of the locomotive but it was normally at the top of the boiler where the ...

return crank

Transportation; Railway

On outside mounted Walschaerts valve gear, the small crank which works off the main crank to take the place of the eccentric used with inside mounted valve gear.

priming

Transportation; Railway

The siphoning of water from the boiler into the steam pipe, caused by too high a water level or by certain chemicals used to treat hard water. If water gets into the steam pipe it will affect the ...