Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Railway

The enclosure on a locomotive where steam is produced. The boiler must be filled with water almost to the top. When the water boils, the steam it generates forms in the space between the top of the ...

boiler barrel

Transportation; Railway

The main part of the locomotive boiler between the smokebox and the firebox.

brakes, types of

Transportation; Railway

Steam locomotives originally had no brakes, they were braked from a hand operated tread brake on the tender. In 1833, Stephenson fitted a steam-operated brake to his Patentee locomotive design, but ...

brasses

Transportation; Railway

UK railway slang for the bearings on locomotives such as the big ends etc.

brick arch

Transportation; Railway

Said to have been first tried in 1841 by an engineer named Hall as a way of obtaining smokeless combustion of coal. Previously, engines had burned coke or (in the US) wood. It is also said to have ...

bunker

Transportation; Railway

The enclosure built at the rear of tank engines in place of a tender which carries coal and sometimes water.

bell, locomotive

Transportation; Railway

Locomotives in the US are required to carry a bell which is sounded as a warning when the train is moving within station limits. On many locomotives, these are automatically operated. The bell was ...