Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Weather board

Transportation; Railway

A vertical sheet added to the rear of the firebox and fitted with two glass portholes to provide some protection for the locomotive crew. They first began to appear in the 1850s.

A type of valve gear designed by Isaac Dodds, dating from 1839 and used occasionally until 1872, which had two eccentrics on a two-cylinder locomotive instead of four. The single eccentric for each ...

Westinghouse brake

Transportation; Railway

Air brake system first invented by George Westinghouse in 1869. It comprised an air pump powered by steam, which provided the air pressure used in the brake cylinders. An automatic version was ...

Wet steam

Transportation; Railway

The generic term for steam produced in a boiler and collected in the steam space above the water level. It still contains an amount of water vapour which will quickly condense as the steam enters a ...

Beeching

Transportation; Railway

Dr. Beeching - Infamous arch villain of the railway world.

Bell, locomotive

Transportation; Railway

Locomotives in the US are required to carry a bell which is sounded as a warning when the train is moving within station limits. On many locomotives, these are automatically operated. The bell was ...

Belpaire boiler

Transportation; Railway

A design of boiler first developed by Alfred Belpaire, a Belgian locomotive engineer, in 1860, with an improved design in appearing in 1864. This later design consisted of a firebox with a flat top ...