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 285
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… … FIG. 3—PLATE 125. COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. 275 TESTING FOR BLOWS. When testing for valve blows in a Vauclain com-pound, the engine should be placed on the quarter,the reverse lever in the center, the cylinder cocksand starting valve opened and a little steam ad-mitted to the valve. If the two extreme…
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