Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Railway

The method of reducing the hammer blow caused by the action of the pistons driving the cranks as the crank approaches bottom dead centre. Driving wheels had weights fitted into their rims to act as a ...

atlantic type locomotive

Transportation; Railway

Name given to the 4-4-2 type of locomotive, originally derived either from the locomotives of the Philadelphia Railroad which ran between Camden PA and Atlantic City or from the group of this type ...

baker valve gear

Transportation; Railway

A type of valve gear similar to Walschaerts but with less moving parts. It was popular in the US but was rarely if ever tried in Europe.

baltic type locomotive

Transportation; Railway

A locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

banjo

Transportation; Railway

The UK locomotive driver's nickname for certain types of vacuum brake valve handle in the cab, from its shape. Also used on some UK railways to denote a disc type ground signal. The name was also ...

valve setting

Transportation; Railway

The action of fitting and adjusting the locomotive valve gear to ensure the most efficient operation of the valves. This was a difficult job to do well and required skilled fitters with a thorough ...

von borries compound

Transportation; Railway

A system of compounding where the low and high pressure cylinders drove the same axles requiring that the valve gear be adjusted to ensure that the same level of work was done in both cylinders at ...