-
horizontal or vertical. This type of
boiler was used on
virtually all
steam locomotives in the
horizontal "
locomotive" form. This has a
cylindrical barrel...
-
material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat
water in the
locomotive's boiler to the
point where it
becomes gaseous and its
volume increases 1...
-
accommodate the
steam (steam space). This is the type of
boiler used in
nearly all
steam locomotives. The heat
source is
inside a
furnace or
firebox that...
-
retained the
older round-topped
boiler instead. A few
American locomotives used
saddle tanks that only
covered the
boiler barrel,
forward of the firebox...
-
Model Boilers, pp. 60–61. Milton,
Marine Steam Boilers, pp. 138–141. "German high-pressure
locomotives". Loco
Locomotive gallery. Harris,
Model Boilers, pp...
- the
boiler, or low
water level.
Corrosion along the
edges of lap
joints was a
common cause of
early boiler explosions. In
steam locomotive boilers, as...
-
fireless locomotive,
where separately-generated
steam is
transferred to a
receiver (tank) on the
locomotive. The
steam generator or
steam boiler is an integral...
- part of a
locomotive boiler is the firebox, it was an
effective design to use a water-tube
design here and a
conventional fire-tube
boiler as an economiser...
- labor, such as
shoveling fuel,
typically coal, into the
boiler's firebox. On
steam locomotives, the
title fireman is
usually used,
while on steamships...
- firebars. This may be made of
brickwork for a
stationary boiler, or
steel sheet for a
locomotive.
Ashpans are
often the
location of the damper. They may...
