Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Contributors in Railway

Railway

Axles designed to move laterally entering a curve in an effort to reduce the flange and rail wear incurred with rigid axles. The design was normally confined to the leading or trailing carrying axles ...

Radius rod

Transportation; Railway

A part of Walschaerts valve gear connecting the piston rod motion to the valve gear motion.

Regulator

Transportation; Railway

Once the boiler has generated sufficient steam, it can be used for useful work. A valve fitted on top of the boiler and often housed in a dome, is used by the driver to admit steam to the cylinders. ...

Reverser, air

Transportation; Railway

A power assisted reverser which used air pressure supplied from the air brake compressor. The device first appeared in 1882 on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway.

Reverser, steam

Transportation; Railway

A method for operating reversing gear using steam power first introduced by James Stirling in 1874. Two cylinders, one steam and one oil and connected by a rod, were mounted outside the boiler. Often ...

Rocking grate

Transportation; Railway

A system for allowing the firebars to be shaken by use of controls in the cab, usually hand operated in the UK or steam operated elsewhere. The purpose was to assist with fire cleaning and the break ...