Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules (1908)
National correspondence school of railroading, Chicago. [from old catalog] · [Chicago] · leaf 185
0) the manner in which they are connected. When thethrottle is open, steam passes by throttle valve A in the 174 VALVE MOTION. dome, through stand pipe B; to dry pipe C, through thedry pipe to the nigger-head D in the smoke arch and … VALVE MOTION. 175 thence through the steam pipes E to the steam passageF in the cylinder saddle and to steam-chest G. Whenthe port is uncovered by valve H for the admission ofsteam to the cylinder, the piston is forced to the oppo-site end, thus transmitting its power to the crossheadand main rod,…
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