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2. Tender (rail) - Wikipedia

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   A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.

3. Mason Bogie locomotive - Wikipedia

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   Mason developed a set of standard plans based on this design with modified steam delivery systems. [1] His first locomotive was the Onward , a 3 ft ( 914 mm ) gauge 0-4-4T completed 1 July 1872. Onward would enter service on the American Fork Railroad shortly afterwards before being moved to the Eureka and Palisade Railroad in 1873.

4. List of railway roundhouses - Wikipedia

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   A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables. 1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway

5. Category:Locomotive builders and designers - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Locomotive builders and designers" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

6. Martin Evans (model engineer) - Wikipedia

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   Introducing model steam locomotive construction. London: K. Dickson, 1981 (114 p). The model steam locomotive: a complete treatise on design and construction. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire: Argus Books, 1983 (208 p). Rob Roy and William: two 3 1/2in. gauge locomotives. London: Argus Books, c.1987 (219 p). Model locomotive and marine boilers ...

7. Henry Roe Campbell - Wikipedia

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   This concern influenced Campbell to design a locomotive that would be easy on American track which was relatively light and very flexible. By 1835, strap rails laid on wooden stringers were still the rule, and the Beaver Meadow railroad which was the site of the recent improvements with Jervis' 4-2-0, was considered particularly substantial ...