Practical instructor and reference book for locomotive firemen and engineers: a practical treatise .. (1911)
Lockhart, Charles F. (Charles Fulton), b. 1872 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 149
t frames by sliding bearings. With these enginestwo such bearings are provided. 442. The forward bearing is fitted with controllingsprings, which are thrown into compression when thefront group of wheels are displaced on a curve; thesesprings thus tend to hold the front group of wheels inalignment… … MALLET ARTICULATING COMPOUND 147 necting the high- and low-pressure cylinder and the exhaustpipe connecting the low-pressure cylinders with the smokebox, are necessarily provided with flexible joints. Thesejoints are very simple in construction and as they aresubject to very moderate steam…
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