Items matching railways

Re-constructed “Atlantic” Type Locomotive

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, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-22

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High Pressure Compound Locomotive

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-02-16

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11.—The “Cornwall”

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

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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4-4-0 Engine “City of Truro”

This locomotive was known for breaking the railway speed record in 1904, at over 102 miles per hour.

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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A Railway Cutting

The engraving shows maybe 20 or more men working on making a railway cutting. In the background men are digging away at the ground; at centre, they lod the dirt onto a railway truck (US: a railroad w [...]

Keywords: people, workmen, railways, transport

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-30

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Great Western express engine

“General Description of a Locomotive.—This is one of the Great Western express engines, running on eight wheels; the large wheel is the driving wheel, the others are called the leading and triling wh [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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Crampton’s Engines

“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

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

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Front Cover of Evers’ ‘Steam and the Steam Engine’

The front cover says that the book is part of Collins’ Advanced Series.

Keywords: book covers, titles, railways

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Locomotive Boiler

“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

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-19

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[Festiniog Railway Locomotive]

“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

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2006-06-08

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Sharp, Brothers, And Co.’s Engine

“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

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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