Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 287
is also more difficult in compound cyl-inders to detect faulty packing rings, and they aresometimes noticed only by the locomotive failing insteam and in not making time on the road. The piston-valves should last a long time if properlylubricated, but when the bushing (Fig. 123) and valve(Fig. 124)… … COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES ?8i After the bushings (Fig. 123) have been bored sev-eral times, larger valves may be fitted to them, so as tohave as little play as possible. A very convenienttype of boring bar for boring out the bushings has beendesigned, by which the work can be done without tak-ing down…
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