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.

Clack valve

Transportation; Railway

A non-return valve provided to allow water to be fed into the boiler against the pressure of the water inside. Sometimes the valve is mounted with the injector (q.v.), sometimes separately on the ...

Clacks

Transportation; Railway

See 'Clack Valve'.

Clasp brakes

Transportation; Railway

Brakes where the wheel is equipped with a block on each side of the wheel, as opposed to only one side.

Clinker

Transportation; Railway

Solid matter produced by a coal burning fire, especially under poor combustion conditions or with poor quality fuel. Clinker must be disposed of at regular intervals during its duty if a locomotive ...

Coal

Transportation; Railway

Coal replaced coke as the principle locomotive fuel in the UK upon the introduction of the brick arch and firehole deflector plate about 1860. It soon became obvious that some varieties of coal were ...