Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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compounding

Transportation; Railway

The use of steam twice, once in a high-pressure cylinder and then in a low-pressure cylinder. See Compound Engine.

The system for operating the valves of a third cylinder by means of levers driven by the motion of the valve gear of the other two cylinders. Its most famous version in the UK was that used by H. N. ...

connecting rod

Transportation; Railway

The steel arm which connects the piston rod with the crank on the driving wheel or driving axle. It is used to convert the forward and aft motion of the piston into the rotating motion of the axle. ...

clack valve

Transportation; Railway

A non-return valve provided to allow water to be fed into the boiler against the pressure of the water inside. Sometimes the valve is mounted with the injector (q.v.), sometimes separately on the ...