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Railway
Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.
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Vacuum turntable
Transportation; Railway
A turntable operated by vacuum power provided by the locomotive being turned.
Top feed
Transportation; Railway
A system of boiler replenishment, first tried in 1863 and occasionally from that time until Churchward of the GWR adopted it in 1906, where the feed water is passed through pipes to the top of the ...
Tractive effort
Transportation; Railway
The force exerted at the edge of the driving wheel of a locomotive expressed in pounds.
Tube cleaning
Transportation; Railway
The removal of soot and ash from the inside of boiler tubes to ensure the effective generation of the draught for the fire. Was often done with steam lances, latterly with compressed air and ...
Tube plates
Transportation; Railway
The plates at the leading and rear ends of a boiler which were drilled with holes of the diameter required to hold the boiler tubes. The leading tube plate separated the boiler from the smokebox, ...
Steam chest
Transportation; Railway
The internal part of a locomotive's cylinder block where the valve chamber connects with the steam supply and exhaust pipes.
Steam pipe
Transportation; Railway
The pipe which connects the regulator valve with the cylinder steam chest where the valves are located. Steam passes down this pipe when the regulator valve is opened by the driver. In superheated ...
