slide valve gear
61Cylinder head porting — refers to the process of modifying the intake and exhaust ports of an internal combustion engine to improve the quality and quantity of the air flow. Cylinder heads, as manufactured, are usually suboptimal due to design and manufacturing… …
62Mamod — Type Private Industry Toys Founded 1937 Founder(s) Geoffrey Malins …
63Piston valves — are an integral part of the cylinder arrangement of a steam locomotive. They control the admission and exhaustion of steam from the cylinders, enabling a locomotive to move under its own power. Design principles When on the move, a steam… …
64NER Class C1 — LNER Class J21 (L)NER 876 at Shildon, 2011 Power type Steam Designer T. W. Worsdell Builder …
65DR Class 99.23-24 — Number(s): 99 231–247 ab 1970: 99 7231–7247 Quantity: 17 Manufacturer: VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg Ye …
66Doll (locomotive) — Locomotive No.4 Doll on the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway. Doll on the Leighton …
67Prussian T 3 — DRG Class 89.70–75 DR Class 89.62 Number(s): DRG 89 7001–7511 Quantity: over 1,300 Manufacturer: Henschel and others Year(s) of manuf …
68LMS Stanier 0-4-4T — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = LMS Stanier 0 4 4T caption = 41909 at Coventry shed in 1962, in poor condition (note missing chimney!). Nevertheless its Midland outline can be seen. designer = builder = LMS Derby Works builddate =… …
69Link motion — Link mo tion (l[i^][ng]k m[=o] sh[u^]n) n. (Steam Engine) A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can …
70USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864) — During the American Civil War, the Union Navy suffered heavy losses from the explosion of Confederate torpedoes. This experience prompted the Union Navy to design and build vessels capable of using this new weapon. One effort along this line… …
