Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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driving wheels

Transportation; Railway

The large wheels connected to the steam engine pistons which therefore drive the locomotive.

The steam which escapes from the cylinders after the admission and expansion phases (see cylinder operation) have taken place, i.e. after the steam has completed its work. Exhaust steam is used for a ...

exhaust steam injectors

Transportation; Railway

First introduced in the UK about 1876. The use of exhaust steam to assist the work of injectors allowed some fuel savings over the pure live steam injector. BR class H, J, H/J and K types of exhaust ...

expansion

Transportation; Railway

A given amount of steam will naturally attempt to expand into a space. If that space is a cylinder occupied by a piston, the steam will push the piston until it can expand no further. In a steam ...

expansion link

Transportation; Railway

A curved, slotted lever provided in various designs of valve gear to allow adjustment of the valve events relative to the position of the reverser, hence its name referring to the period of steam ...

de-sander

Transportation; Railway

A steam pipe positioned on some later designed steam locomotives to remove sand which has been applied to the rail head. It was done because sand tends to cause poor train detection on lines where ...