New York [etc.] Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co. [etc.] · leaf 133
t shown in Fig. 1 is made up of four 20 ft.lengths of 4 in. iron pipes encasing earthenwaretubes. It will be seen that the air valve ends, (seedetail in Pig. 3.) are raised somewhat, and enablethe condensed water to drain into the thermostattrap underneath of car; in fact, all the piping is… … closes automatically as soon as the steam reaches it.The condensation is taken care of by the trap. Thestarting valve has a small hole drilled through itsseat to allow the water to drain from the train pipeto the trap in case it is left closed when steam is shutoff at the locomotive. The U…
Railroads · Railroad cars
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