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 188
When the valve is in the position shown in Plate 52,the front steam port C is uncovered and steam is ad-mitted to the front end of the cylinder, indicated by thearrow, and forces the piston toward the back end, or inthe direction of the arrow. Plate 53 shows the valve atits extreme travel with full… … PLATE S3. When the piston reaches the back end of the cylinder,the valve has been moved to the position shown in Plate54, the back steam port C will be uncovered and steamwill be admitted to the back end of the cylinder, indi-cated by the arrow. At the same time the front steamport C and the…
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