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Engine Driver's Manual How to prepare, fire and drive a steam locomotive HC
The Engine Driver's Manual How to prepare, fire and drive a steam locomotive By Brian Topping
Hard Cover
Copyright 1998
192 Pages
Introduction7
Acknowledgements8
Chapter 1
Anatomy of the steam
locomotive9
Frames and wheels9
Main frames9
Wheels and tyres9
Axles and axleboxes12
Wheel sizes13
Additional wheels and
wheel arrangements13
Tank locomotives16
Articulated locomotives17
Calculating power output17
The firebox17
Firebox components18
Inner and outer fireboxes18
Fusible plugs20
Thermic syphon20
Washing out the boiler20
Safety valves20
The boiler22
Boiler design22
Boiler tubes23
Superheating27
The smokebox27
Blastpipe and chimney27
Self-cleaning smokeboxes28
Filling the boiler30
Injectors30
Top clacks34
Gauge glasses34
Continuous blowdown valves 36
The passage of steam37
Regulator valve37
Types of steamchest valves37
Lap and lead38
& More
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