Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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pumps, water

Transportation; Railway

The means of supplying feed water to the boiler before the introduction of injectors. See Feed Pump and Feed Water Heating.

Axles designed to move laterally entering a curve in an effort to reduce the flange and rail wear incurred with rigid axles. The design was normally confined to the leading or trailing carrying axles ...

self-cleaning smokebox

Transportation; Railway

A system for removing ash accumulated in the smokebox using the gases from the fire, first introduced in the UK during the Second World War. A baffle plate placed in front of the tube plate directed ...

setting back

Transportation; Railway

The act of reversing the locomotive gently into its train in order to reposition the engines (i.e. the pistons in the cylinders) into a more favourable position for starting. Although it is not ...

sight feed lubricator

Transportation; Railway

A locomotive lubricator system where a reservoir of oil mounted in the cab was equipped with glass fronted tube to allow the crew to observe that oil was available.

single

Transportation; Railway

The common term to denote a locomotive with only one driving wheelset. In the older versions, the driving wheel was often very large in proportion to the rest of the locomotive. The design was common ...

single flue boiler

Transportation; Railway

A boiler with only one tube, or flue between the fire at one end and the chimney at the other. This was the type of boiler common before the introduction of the multi-tube boiler in 1829.