Locomotive engine running and management .. (1899)
Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 333
nnection 60 in cylinder 57. Spring 56then forces the piston upward, opening the steam-valve 51, and permitting steam to again pass to thepump. Any necessary adjustment of the regulating-spring 66 is readily made by means of nut 65, 284 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE RUNNING. THE PRESSURE RETAINING-VALVE. The… … Fig. 31.—Pressure Retaining Valve. a small cock, the handle of which, in the horizontalposition shown, where it should be placed in descend-ing long grades, allows the air issuing from theexhaust-port of the triple valve, when brakes arereleasing, to pass through port b and to raise theweighted…
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