A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 135
sition of the cock handle when steam is shutoff from both pipes. The middle one represents steam beingadmitted to the lower pipe only; while the bottom illustrationshows steam going into both pipes. This system is very convenient for cars running in suburbanservice, where the cars have to be heated… … § 13 CAR HEATING. 57 being uniform throughout the car, owing to the pipe that hasbeen cut out extending the whole length and not occupyingmerely one particular section. So, also, whether one pipe becut out, or three, there is still a practically uniform heating ofthe car, excepting such slight…
Locomotives · Locomotive boilers · Railroad cars
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