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 200
PLATE 68. BREAKDOWNS. 189 If a blow occurs at the stack with the valve at thefront of the chest, the steam-chest cover must be takenup, and the valve placed centrally on its seat, and securedin that position by the valve-stem and a block of woodplaced in front of the valve and chest (Plate 69). … PLATE 69. Piston Valve-Stem Broken. If the valve-stem ofa piston valve breaks, the rocker arm should beplumbed, the valve-stem disconnected and clampedsecurely in position, the front steam-chest head thentaken off and the valve shoved back against the stemand blocked between valve and head. Piston…
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