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South Australian Railways T class. A new class of 4-8-0 locomotive, the T class, designed in South Australia for use on the narrow gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge system of the South Australian Railways, was introduced in 1903. It proved to be a suitable workhorse and by 1917 there were 78 locomotives in the class.
Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) The Monon Railroad (reporting mark MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway (reporting mark CIL) from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971 ...
The original locomotive from which the Class 26 was rebuilt entered service in 1953 as the last of the Class 25NC 4-8-4 Northern type locomotives to be built. The Class 25 condensing and Class 25NC non-condensing locomotives were designed by the South African Railways (SAR) under the direction of L.C. Grubb, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the SAR from 1949 to 1954, and in conjunction with ...
Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP), also known as monoammonium phosphate (MAP) [5] is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (NH 4) (H 2 PO 4). ADP is a major ingredient of agricultural fertilizers [6] and dry chemical fire extinguishers. It also has significant uses in optics [7] and electronics.
The William Crooks is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the first locomotive to operate in the State of Minnesota, beginning in 1861. [1] It was named after William Crooks, the Chief Mechanical Engineer for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. [1][2] He served as a colonel and commander of the 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the ...
The USRA Light Mikado was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was the standard light freight locomotive of the USRA types, and was of 2-8-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 1 ...
8 1863–1865 Robert Napier: Ship building and Marine engines 4 1865–1866 Joseph Whitworth (Second term) pioneer of machine tools, precision engineering 5 1866–1868 John Penn (Second term) Marine Steam Engines 7 1868–1869 William George Armstrong (Second term) Industrialist and inventor, primarily of armaments. Pioneer of domestic ...
0-4-0. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were connected by a single gear wheel, but from 1825 the wheels were usually connected with ...