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Sets the opening of the throttle valve / regulator valve, (31) which controls the amount of steam entering the cylinders, [6]: 255 [7]: 39 [3]: 82 hence the speed of the locomotive. It is used in conjunction with the reversing lever to start, to stop, and to control the locomotive's power output.
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
A drawing design of the N&W class J locomotive. After the outbreak of World War II, the Norfolk and Western Railway's (N&W) mechanical engineering team developed a new locomotive—the streamlined class J 4-8-4 Northern—to handle rising mainline passenger traffic over the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially on steep grades in Virginia and West Virginia.
Cedar Creek Cannonball (located in Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom) (separate 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway named Zephyr Railroad also present) (operating) Shay Railroad (located at the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association ) (separate 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge railway named Little Toot Railroad also present) (operating)
The San Francisco cable car system is the last manually-operated cable car system in the world.. A list of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railways in the United States.Apart from historical railways, it is commonly used in underground coal mines.
This is a category for all narrow gauge railways built with a track gauge of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm). Trains portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 46 ...
The entire franchise is set in Sylvania (シルバニア, Shirubania), a fictional village somewhere in North America, later revised to Great Nature.The majority of the families are all rural middle-class, with many of them owning localized but successful family businesses, or having jobs, such as doctor, teacher, artist, news reporter, carpenter or bus driver.
Pages in category "3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .