- devices, most of
which are on the rear
surface of the firebox,
called the "
backhead": a
throttle lever or regulator,
which controls the
amount of
steam entering...
-
Vagupu chutti or Chutti,
Jewel for the forehead. Rakkodi, used in the
backhead, to hold the
bunch of
lengthy soft hair spun and tied
Surya &
Chandra Pirai...
-
throatplate was of firebrick,
possibly the
backhead too. When
rebuilt around 1831, this was
replaced by a
wrought iron
backhead and throatplate, with a drum wrapper...
-
Diagram from U.S.
patent 18,883, Griggs's
improved fire arch. In the diagram, A is the
firebox door on the
locomotive backhead (in the cab)....
- and
limited cut-off. But the "proliferation of
valves and
gauges on the
backhead showed that
running a Big Boy was an
altogether more
complicated and demanding...
-
Backhead of a
class 30,
showing the
large circular firebox...
- Locomotives. A
steam locomotive is
normally controlled from the boiler's
backhead, and the crew is
usually protected from the
elements by a cab. A crew of...
-
contains the
bearing on
which the axle
rotates See also
journal box below.
Backhead The cab-side rear
panel of a
steam locomotive boiler through which the...
- restoration, No. 1361's
boiler s**** p****ed an
ultrasound test, but the
backhead was
discovered to have
needed additional repairs, so the
whole locomotive...
- A view of the
backhead inside the cab of the DRR's No. 1 locomotive...
