The fire-box door may also be double and have a circulation of water through the hinges. It is jacketed with a water-chamber to prevent radiation of heat. (also firebox) The fire-chamber of a locomotive-boiler. One of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting-rods of the engine are attached.Ī machine which acts both to power and operate. Also, the course or direction of the hot air and smoke.Īn iron rod to connect a locomotive with a tender. The current of air which supplies a fire. The condition of a locomotive or railway car in respect of being off the rails. The chamber of a steam-engine in which the force of steam is utilized upon the piston.Ī wooden part of the car buffer block structure. It is a bridge or viaduct on a small scale. Used in foundations and filling in between masonry of walls.Ī mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train.Īn inclined frame in front of a locomotive to throw obstructions from the track.Ī form of machine traveling upon a railroad for hoisting and lowering heavy weights.Ī drain or water-way of masonry beneath a railroad track, a road, or a canal. The engineer in charge of or responsible for the locomotive(s) as well as the mechanical operation of the train, train speed, and all train handling.Īny of various specialized, edged tools for cutting wood, iron, or stone.Ī mixture of rubber, stone chippings, gravel, or broken stones with lime and water. The covered part in the front of the locomotive which protects the engineer and the fireman, and shields the levers, etc.Ī base plate in the cab made of metal to protect it from fire.Ī car attached to the rear of a freight train fitted up for the accomodation of the conductor, brakeman, and chance passengers.Ī fender or resiliant pad or block, placed on the end of a platform of a car bed to moderate the concussion of colliding cars. That portion of a brake which is brought in contact with the object whose motion is to be restrained.Ī person who operates, inspects, or repairs brakes, especially a railroad employee who assists the conductor and checks on the operation of a train's brakes. The boiler for raising steam may be called a steam-generator.Ī contrivance for stopping the motion of a car-wheel by friction applied thereto. The process was patented by Henry Bessemer in 1855.Īn explosive powder consisting of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.Ī person who forges objects of iron, including items essential to the building of a railroad, such as rail spikes.Ī powder for blasting purposes composed of various forms of carbon and metallic salts.Ī closed vessel in which water (or other fluid) is heated. Steel produced by an industrial process in which impurities are removed by forcing a blast of air through molten iron. Newcomen's engine was the first effective steam-engine.Ī shaft or rod on which a wheel is placed. It was improved by Thomas Newcomen, 1705, and James Watt, 1769. Invented as the "digester" by Denis Papin of Blois, France, in 1695. A Glossary of 19th Century Railroad Terms abutmentĪ fixed point or surface, affording a relatively immovable object against which a body abuts or presses while resisting or moving in a contrary direction, for example, an end arch of a bridge.
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