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 271
to passage E leading to the in-tercepting valve, forcing the valve from left to right andpermitting the steam to pass through the valve and portsG, from which it passes through the reducing valve to thelow pressure steam-chest. Steam is also admitted di-rectly from the steam-pipe to the high… … COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. 261 manner as when working in compound position. Plates118 and 119 are self-explanatory, showing clearly thetravel of the steam when working as a simple or as acompound engine. The purpose of the oil dashpot is to insure a steadymovement of the valve without shock. The…
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