Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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detroit sight feed lubricator

Transportation; Railway

A type of locomotive lubricator - see Displacement Lubricator.

die block

Transportation; Railway

In Stephenson's and Walschaerts and similar 'link' type valve gears, the block through which the radius rod (q.v.) moves and which itself slides up and down the expansion link according to the ...

An oil lubricator for steam locomotives first introduced in the UK in 1857 by John Ramsbottom (of safety valve fame). It operates by steam condensing to produce water which is fed into a chamber and ...

caprotti valve gear

Transportation; Railway

A cam operated valve control gear invented in 1921 by Arturo Caprotti, an Italian engineer. It was first tried in the UK on an LNWR Claughton Class locomotive in 1926. Various other railways have ...

chimney

Transportation; Railway

The opening in the top of the smokebox through which the exhaust steam escapes. The design of the chimney and blast pipe (q.v.) is a crucial ingredient in ensuring a good draught through the tubes ...

cinder strip

Transportation; Railway

A strip of angle iron fitted to the roof of a locomotive cab to reduce the influx of ash from the chimney when passing under a bridge or entering a tunnel.

coal

Transportation; Railway

Coal replaced coke as the principle locomotive fuel in the UK upon the introduction of the brick arch and firehole deflector plate about 1860. It soon became obvious that some varieties of coal were ...