Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 315
Figure 149 3*4 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING or to the receiver when working compound. C is areducing valve, also placed in the saddle casting ofthe high-pressure cylinder, and like the interceptingvalve is moved in one direction by a spiral spring, andin the opposite direction by steam pressure.… … TWO-CYLINDER COMPOUND. CROSS-SECTION Figure 150 jdmk live steam into the receiver at reduced pressurewhile the locomotive is working single expansion.When the engine is working compound, this valveautomatically closes, as it is evident that there is nofurther need of live steam in the receiver. A…
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