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History and design. The Chesapeake and Ohio tested an Erie Railroad Berkshire locomotive, then stretched the design by adding one more driving axle, creating the 2-10-4. The T-1s were equipped with a trailing truck booster that exerted 15,275 pounds of tractive effort. They could pull the same train as a 2-8-8-2 H-7 and do it faster.
Pennsylvania Railroad class J1. Water cap. 124 scrapped, 6435 rumored to still extant but not confirmed. The PRR J1 was a class of 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotives built between 1942 and 1944. The J1 had over 95,000 pounds-force (422.6 kN) of tractive effort, plus an additional 15,000 lbf (66.7 kN) if the booster engine was used.
These came with 74 in (1,880 mm) diameter drivers and 310 psi (2.1 MPa) boiler pressure, making these ATSF 2-10-4 s the fastest and most modern of all. Of the original order of ten, five were oil-burning and five coal-burning, but when Santa Fe ordered 25 more for delivery in 1944, all were delivered equipped to burn oil.
The aftermath of a boiler explosion at Strømmen station near Oslo, Norway, 22 December 1888. One locomotive was thrown into the air and landed on the roof of another; the crews of both escaped without injury A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. There are two types of boiler explosions. One type is a failure of the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. There can be ...
Bromochlorodifluoromethane (BCF), also referred to by the code numbers Halon 1211 and Freon 12B1, is a haloalkane with the chemical formula C F 2 Cl Br. It is used for fire suppression, especially for expensive equipment or items that could be damaged by the residue from other types of extinguishers. [ 1 ]
The ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standard that regulates the design and construction of boilers and pressure vessels. [1] The document is written and maintained by volunteers chosen for their technical expertise . [2] The ASME works as an accreditation body and entitles ...
10: 40 [3] SS Teche: 1825 Marine (civilian) United States: Mississippi River: 20 [4] Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2 [5] or no. 5 [2] 19 March 1828: Locomotive United Kingdom: Simpasture, near Shildon, England: 1: 1 [2] [5] Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1: 1 July 1828: Locomotive United Kingdom: Aycliffe Lane ...
Vertical cross-tube boiler, A cross-tube boiler was the most common form of small vertical boiler. They were widely used, in the age of steam, as a small donkey boiler, for the independent power of winches, steam cranes etc. [1] [2] [3] The boiler has the advantage of simple robust construction, in particular requiring little regular maintenance.