The Locomotive Of Today

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Fig. i. Modern locomotive boiler „ 2. Locomotive boiler stays .. ,, 3. Belpaire firebox .. ,, 4. Firedoors, tubes and foundation ring joints ,, 5. Smokebox, chimneys and ashpans „ 6. Biast pipes and steam blowers .. „ 7. Regulators „ 8. Safety valves and pressure gauges ,, 9. Water gauges, check valves, whistles, etc. ,, 10. Water injectors .. „ ii. Exhaust steam injector .. „ 12. Combustion diagram ,, 13. Inside Cylinders .. ,, 13A. Outside Cylinders „ 14. Pistons, rods and stuffing boxes ,, 15. Crossheads ,, 16. Connecting rod ends „ 17. Slide and piston valves .. ,, 18. Stephenson or shifting link motion ,, 19. Gooch or stationary link motion ,, 20. Allan or straight link motion .. „ 21. Joy’s val ve gear .. ,, 22. Walschaerts’valve gear .. ,, 23. Reversinp gear arrangements .. ,, 24. Framing for single bogie engine ,, 25. Bar framing for American engine ,, 26. Homblocks, axleboxes, etc. ,, 27. Wheels, axles, etc. „ 28. Springs and gear .. ,, 29. Four-wheeled bogie ,, 30. Bissel truck and radial axleboxes ,, 31. Sanding gear, buffers, etc. ,, 32. Lubricators ,, 33. Six-wheeled tender ,, 34. Tender details ,, 35- Water pick up and details ,, 36. Engine brake arrangement ,, 37. Condensmg arrangement for tank engine PAGE 8 12 24 30 34 4° 46 S» 54 60 64 68 70 74 78 82 90 94 96 102 108 110 118 122 126 13° 138 142 146 *5° 164 166 170 174 PLATES. I. n. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. XI. ’ XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. Express engine, Lancashire & Yorkshire Ry. (frontispiece). Mineral engine, L. & N. W. Ry. (frontispiece). Single express engine, G. N. Ry. Four-coupled express engine, Pennsylvania Ry. ,, ,, „ Belgian State Rys. ,, ,, ,, 3-cylinder compound, Midland Ry. ,, ,, ,, Great Central Ry. Six-coupled goods engine, Furness Ry. ,, ,, „ G- W. Ry. Eight-coupled compound, Austrian Southern Ry, Four-coupled tank engine, G. E. Ry. ,, ,, ,, Barry Ry. ,, „ ,, G- N. Ry. Six-coupled tank engine, Metropolitan Ry. ,, ,, ,, L. & N. W. Ry. Eight-coupled tank engine, G. N. Ry. WORKING DRAWINGS. I. General arrangement of express engine, G N.R. II. Cross section through cylinders. III. ,, ,, firebox.