Items matching engines (results page 1)

1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson” British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Among the outstanding features of British Railway operation of to-day is the development of the long distance non-stop run. This has been made possible by water-troughs, enabling an engine to replenis [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, colour

Places shown: Shap; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-02-09

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Side Lever Engine Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

This is a steam engine for driving a ship (a paddle-boat in fact) taken from the Marine Engines chapter: 87. The Side Lever Engines.—The first engine employed to drive the paddle wheel was a side lev [...]

Keywords: machinery, engines, transport, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-20

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9.—7ft Single Express Locomotive, No. 123 British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Caledonian Railway, 1886 This steam engine was built by Neilson and Company for the Edinburgh Exhibition in 1886. Originally bought by the Caledonian Railway, the engine was later L.M.S.R. No. 14010. [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-24

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11.—The “Cornwall” British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

A 2-2-2 steam engine [US: railroad locomotive] shown with driver and fireman.

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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Sharp, Brothers, And Co.’s Engine Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“The annexed illustration will give a much better idea of the locomotive engine and boiler than the last one.” (p. 241) There is also a cross-section of this locomotive, which I have scanned but not y [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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Re-constructed “Atlantic” Type Locomotive British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

This steam engine was rebuilt in 1930 to add a “booster” engine to the front axle of the bogie under the driver’s cab. The booster was a small steam engine used only at low speeds, to give additional [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, wallpaper, backgrounds, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-21

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

This is a cross-section through a steam engine (i.e. a railway locomotive, or a railroad engine as they say in North America). The description is a little hard to follow, so I made a version in which [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters] Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

This is a version of Plate I in which I have coloured the letters blue, to try to make it easier to follow the description, which I have also repeated here: In this sectional elevation F is the furnac [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Crampton’s Engines Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“The above figure is another plan of arranging the locomotive. The examples given on page 238 have eight wheels, the general run is six wheels with the large driving wheel in the middle; but in Crampt [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

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[Festiniog Railway Locomotive] Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“In the example here given, the engine is on two trucks [bogies]. The one end can be turned so that the double sets of wheels are not in the same straight line. In practice it is found that bogie carr [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, greyscale

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2006-06-08

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Locomotive Boiler Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“256. Locomotive Boiler.—All locomotive boilers are of the class called multibar: they consist essentially of the barrel filled with tubes, while the two ends are named respectively the furnace, or fi [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-19

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High Pressure Compound Locomotive British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-02-16

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