Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Tender brake

Transportation; Railway

The only means by which early locomotives were stopped. A hand wheel or lever on the tender was connected to brake blocks acting on the tender wheels.

Testing plant, static locomotive

There were six special steam locomotive static testing stations built in the world: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA in 1904, Swindon, UK in 1905, Purdue University USA, Grunewald, Berlin, Germany 1931, ...

Thermic syphon

Transportation; Railway

A water passage built into a firebox in a Y shape so that the base of the Y is turned forward to connect with the water space at the front of the firebox and the two arms open into the crown space. ...

Throat plate

Transportation; Railway

The portion of the firebox which joins the boiler barrel. This is a difficult section to form as it is often of an unusual shape to accommodate the change from a circular barrel to a more rectangular ...

Tubes, boiler

Transportation; Railway

The flues through which the gases from the fire pass to heat the water in the boiler. The gas is drawn through the tubes by the draught created from the exhaust of the steam through the chimney. Tube ...

Uniflow locomotive

Transportation; Railway

An experimental locomotive which worked on the South Eastern Railway between 1849 and 1852 using a large, externally piped exhaust system. It did not find acceptance and was not used elsewhere.

Vacuum brake

Transportation; Railway

The brake system which uses a vacuum formed in the brake pipe and cylinders to effect a brake release and the replacement of the vacuum by atmospheric pressure to cause an application. The automatic ...