Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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hopper ashpan

Transportation; Railway

A type of ashpan designed to collect ash which can be emptied directly from a drop grate.

horn blocks

Transportation; Railway

The brackets fitted to locomotive frames to act as guides for the axleboxes.

horn plates

Transportation; Railway

Plates fitted for strengthening purposes around the axle openings on locomotive frames.

in the hole

Transportation; Railway

US term for emergency brake application, arising from the use of the brake valve to create a 'hole' in the brake pipe, thereby venting it to atmosphere and thus causing the emergency application.

The live steam injector was a relatively simple device consisting of a steam inlet pipe, a water inlet pipe, a delivery pipe and an overflow pipe plus three internal cones. Steam from the boiler was ...

long boiler locomotive

Transportation; Railway

A type of locomotive patented by Stephenson in 1842 which was provided with a boiler longer than the usual 9 feet of the day. The objective was to reduce the heat reaching the smokebox in an attempt ...

lubrication

Transportation; Railway

An essential part of steam locomotive operation, lubrication takes a variety of forms: Worsted pads fed from an oil bath below the bearing, siphoning from trimmings fed from oil baths, mechanical, ...