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 284
m the high pressure steam-chest, prevent thehigh pressure cylinder from exhausting into the low pres-sure, and have no effect on the working of the engine. Engine Drifting. When drifting down grade thereverse lever should be in full gear and the startingvalve open as when working simple (Plate 125,… … FIG. 1—PLATE 125 274 COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. pressure cylinder. All • three positions of the startingvalve as shown in Plate 125 are controlled by the samelever which operates the cylinder cocks. With engines not equipped with oil pipes leading tothe low pressure cylinder, a little steam should be…
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