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 86
ave it. The steam is conducted from the dome to the cylin-ders through the dry pipe P-O-R, Fig. 6, which extendsfrom the top of the dome to the front flue sheet orhead of the boiler. Connected to the front end of thedry pipe, inside the smoke box, are two cast ironcurved pipes 1-2, Fig. 31, called… … Figure 31 made of wrought iron, and the vertical portion T, Fig.6, called the throttle pipe, and which is within the 86 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING dome, is made of cast iron. At the top end of thispipe, near the top of the dome, the throttle U, Fig. 6,for controlling the steam, is usually located,…
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