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  2. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    A recording of a mass blow of traction engine steam whistles. The whistle consists of the following main parts, as seen on the drawing: the whistle bell (1), the steam orifice or aperture (2), and the valve (9). When the lever (10) is actuated (usually via a pull cord), the valve opens and lets the steam escape through the orifice. The steam ...

  3. Cyldon - Wikipedia

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    Cyldon 13-1 steam engine (whistle missing) The 13/1 was (presumably) the first model made by Cyldon and is atypical in some details. The firebox is a different style from the usual Cyldon type and is steel instead of aluminium. The meths burner is also slightly different. The base is made of wood (as is the 13/2 but none of the other models).

  4. SS John Einig - Wikipedia

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    SS John Einig was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.She was named after John Einig, a former resident of Jacksonville, Florida, that had invented the 32-inch (810 mm) steam whistle nicknamed "Big Jim".

  5. Train whistle - Wikipedia

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    A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a train trumpet or air trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam or gas locomotive, used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers. Modern diesel and electric locomotives primarily use a powerful air horn instead of a whistle as an audible ...

  6. J. B. Ford - Wikipedia

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    The J. B. Ford at Azcon scrap dock Duluth, MN 27 June 2018 The main steam whistle from the Steamship J. B. Ford. The insert shows a plaque inside the building that tells whom the whistle honors. Guest of the museum may salute passing lake freighters using this whistle. The Harsens Island Historical Society was gifted the whistle in 2017.

  7. Thomas & Friends - Wikipedia

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    Thomas & Friends: The Movie Predecessors The first attempt to adapt Awdry's stories for television came in 1953, when the editor of the Railway Series books, Eric Marriott, was approached by the BBC , who wished to use live-action model trains to re-create two stories from Awdry's first book, The Three Railway Engines .

  8. Steam dome - Wikipedia

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    1:2 model of a Burrell single-crank compound traction engine. Note the Ramsbottom safety valve mounted on top. Traction engines in Britain were rarely fitted with a steam dome. As their cylinder block was mounted directly onto the top of the boiler barrel, the casting for this was cast with a large steam jacket around the cylinder(s). This ...

  9. Steam donkey - Wikipedia

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    A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the Age of Sail on through the Age of Steam , particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed ...

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