Locomotive Construction and Repair
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Here
you get four booklets published from 1910 to 1912 revealing the details of
how steam locomotives were designed. A fifth booklet covers "Railway Repair
Shop Practice". So once the cross head on your 4-4-0 finally wears out, you'll
know how to drag it into the back bedroom and rebabbitt it. And you get all
five publications in one cover for one very reasonable price.
Part I covers the boiler, cylinders, throttle valve, piston and piston rods. Part II explores valve motion: theory, calculation, design and details of the Walschaerts motion. Part III will teach you the details of the smoke box and exhaust pipe, frame, crosshead and guide bar, connect and side rod, crank-pins and axles, and the driving wheels and their counterbalancing. Part IV covers spring rigging and equalizers, the trucks, cab and its fittings and accessories, and the tender. These four sections are well illustrated with drawings, diagrams, charts, and formulas.
The
fifth section concerns maintenance of locomotives. Learn about dismantling
the locomotive, boring and re-lining the cylinders, work on the valves and
valve seats, operations on the piston and rod, driving wheels and crankpins,
driving box repairs, pedestal shoes and guides, rod work, throttle valve grinding,
miscellaneous repairs, and assembling the locomotive. And all this is well
illustrated with photographs.
These are reprints articles taken from earlier issues of Machinery magazine, and as such deliver top quality info, straight to the point. If steam power, railroad locomotives, or history of technology is your thing, get a copy. If it's not your thing, then why not? This for real he-men. If you don't know what a crosshead is, this your chance to learn. If you don't wanna learn, then you'll have to continue to wear that sissy Sponge-Bob underwear that you've become so fond of.
For the rest of us, it's an excellent snap shot of lost technology. Consider it carefully. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 about 226 pages
No. 23780 ... $12.95
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