INDEX
A
Action of steam in operating a locomotive		35
Ash pans		51
Axles		105,123
B
Baldwin superheater		65
Bell cord signals		149
Block system of signaling		156, 182
Blower		144
Boiler horsepower		77
Boiler performance, effect of different pressures upon		61
Brick arches		53
C
Chain grate stoker		120
Cole superheater		65
Collisions		178
Combustion, rate of		59
Compound locomotive		20
Connecting or main rods		114
Crank pins		106, 127
Crawford mechanical underfeed stoker		120
Crossheads and guides		112
Cylinder and saddle for locomotive engines		110
Cylinders		131
D
Derailments		179
Diaphragm		54
Draft		54
Draft pipes		54
Dry pipe		145
E
Engine design		123
...axles		123
...crank pins		127
...cylinders		131
...frames		130
...piston rods		129
Exhaust nozzle		53,56
F
Fire-box		38
Firing a locomotive		159
Fixed signals		154
Flues		43
Fuel waste in a locomotive		176
G
Grates		50
H
Hanna locomotive stoker		120
Heating surface		63
High steam pressures		61
I
Injector		140
Inside clearance		84
L
Lead		92
Locomotive, care of		188
...end of run		188
...oiling parts		188
...on the road		188
......making adjustments en route		188
......running at speed		188
......starting		188
...watching engine		188
Locomotive appliances		138
...blower		144
...dry pipe		145
...injector		140
...lubricator		147
...safety valves		148
...steam gages		144
...throttle valve		144
...water gages		144
...whistle		144
Locomotive boiler capacity		77
Locomotive boiler design		74
Locomotive boilers		38, 173, 180
...ash pans		51
...brick arches		53
...capacity		77
...care of		173
...classification of		38
...definition of		38
...design of		74
...diaphragm		54
...draft		54
...draft pipes		54
...exhaust nozzle		53, 56
...explosion of		180
...flues		43
...grates		50
...heating surface		63
...high steam pressures		61
...netting		53
...rate of combustion		59
...smoke-box and front end arrangement		53
...spark losses		61
...stack		58
...stay bolts		45
...steam or branch pipes		53
...superheaters		65
Locomotive breakdowns		177
...causes		177
...collapse of flue		180
...collisions		178
...derailments		179
...disconnecting after breakdown		181
Locomotive engines		83
...connecting or main rods		114
...crossheads and guides		112
...cylinder and saddle		110
...design of parts		123
...frames		107
...inside clearance		84
...lead		83
...outside lap		83
...piston and rods		111, 129
...running gear		100
...side rods		114
...stokers		120
...tender		119
...trucks		115
...valve friction		98
...valve motion		84
...valves		95
Locomotive frames		107, 130
Locomotive operation		159, 169
...acquaintance with route		182
...block signals		182
...care of locomotive		188
...cleaning		159, 173
...culverts and bridges		182
...curves		182
...emergencies		163, 169
......breakdowns		177
......broken connecting rod		163
......broken driving springs		163
......broken side rods		163
......broken steam chest		166
......foaming		163
......low water		163
......troubles and remedies		169
...firing		159, 182
...grades		159, 182
...inspection		163
...repairs		163
...running		159, 188
......feeding the boiler		159
...running time		182
...switches		182
...use of steam		159, 182
Locomotive rating		135
Locomotive stokers		120
...chain grate		120
...Crawford		120
...Hanna		120
...Street		120
Locomotive troubles and remedies		163, 169
...boiler care		173
...breakdowns		177
...distinctive features of locomotive		169
...drifting		175
...emergencies		163
...fuel waste		176
...pounds		170
...steam waste		172
Locomotive trucks		115
Lubrication of locomotive		188
Lubricator		147
M
Movable signals		149
N
Netting		53
O
Oiling locomotive		188
Outside lap		83
P
Pielock superheater		65
Piston rods		111, 129
Pounds in a locomotive		170
R
Radiation, loss of heat through		79
Railway signaling		148
...bell cord signals		149
...block system		156
...fixed signals		154
...movable signals		149
...train signals		150
Running gear		100
S
Scale, effect of		77
Schenectady or Cole superheater		65
Schmidt superheater		65
Sellers injector		140
Side rods		114
Smoke-box and front end arrangement		53
Smoke-box temperatures, effect of different pressures upon		62
Spark losses		61
Stacks		58
Starting locomotive		188
Stay bolts		45
Steam, action of		35
Steam or branch pipes		53
Steam gages		144
Steam supply, regulating		159, 182
Steam waste in a locomotive		172
Stephenson valve gear		85
Stokers, locomotive		120
Street mechanical stoker		120
Superheaters		65
...tests of		65
T
Tables
...axle mounting, hydraulic pressures used in		106
...comparative dimensions of Stephenson and Walschaert gears		92
...crank-pin mounting, hydraulic pressures used in		107
...crank-pins, working stress for		127
...dry pipe sizes		145
...fiber stresses		123
...forged steel billets		105
...heating surface, ratio of to grate area		63
...locomotives, classification of		11
...locomotives, comparison of English and American		10
...shrinkage allowance		100
...spoke data, foundry rule		100
...spoke data, general		100
...superheater tests		65
...valve tests		98
Tender		119
Throttle valve		144
Time tables		168
Tractive force		133
Train resistance		131
Train rules		166
Train signals		150
Troubles and remedies of locomotive		163, 169
V
Valve friction		98
Valve motion		84
Valves		95
W
Walschaert valve gear		89
Water gages		144
Water grates		50
Wheels		100
Whistle		144
Whistle signals		148

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