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 96
s designed. The ease ofoperation can readily be seen by examination of the cut.The only valve which must be operated by force is thesmall one b, which is held closed by a spiral spring cpressed to the foot of lever d. A slight pull on this leverpushes inward the valve and permits steam to flow… … PLATE 16.NATHAN STEAM CHIME WHISTLE 86 LOCOMOTIVE STEAM-GAUGE. Operation. The pressure in the locomotive boiler isindicated by an instrument known as a steam-gauge.There is a great variety of such instruments in use, whichmay be divided into two classes. Only the tyjte mostcommonly used will be…
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