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Firebox of a GWR 6959 Class steam locomotive, showing the underside of the brick arch, constructed from specially-shaped firebricks. Empty firebox of a Baureihe 52, showing the brick arch. There is a large brick arch (made from fire brick) attached to the front wall (boiler throat plate) of the firebox immediately beneath the firetubes. This ...
The Gothic arch firebox was also notably used by a number of Gooch's Great Western Railway broad-gauge locomotives, [4] [7] including the Firefly, Leo and Hercules classes of 1840-1842. The last class to use them was the Premier class of 1846–7, which were also the first locomotives to be constructed at the new Swindon Works . [ 8 ]
4-6-0 camelback locomotive, complete with Wootten firebox. The Wootten firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. The firebox was very wide to allow combustion of anthracite waste, known as "culm". [1] Its size necessitated unusual placement of the crew, examples being camelback locomotives. The Wootten firebox made for a free ...
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium in 1864. Today it generally refers to the shape of the outer shell of the firebox which is approximately flat at the top and square in cross-section, indicated by the longitudinal ridges on the top sides.
Firebox (steam engine) H. Haycock boiler; P. Pistol boiler; R. Round-topped firebox; W. Wootten firebox This page was last edited on 3 February 2011, at 11:44 ...
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A portable engine with round-topped-boiler and parallel-sided firebox Round-topped boiler from 'Austerity' saddle tank locomotive 3809, removed for overhaul. The 'waisted' firebox is at the far end of the boiler. A round-topped boiler is a type of boiler used for some designs of steam locomotive and portable engine.
The dimensions of the blastpipe and chimney are critical to the steam-generating capacity of the locomotive and its fuel economy, since there is a natural trade-off between a high-velocity steam jet giving a strong draw on the fire, and back-pressure on the exhaust. Small changes to this "front end" design can have a dramatic impact.