Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Alsace-Lorraine B 1

Index Alsace-Lorraine B 1

The steam locomotives of Alsace-Lorraine Class B 1 were procured by the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine in 1871. [1]

27 relations: Alsace-Lorraine, Żary, Belpaire firebox, Blastpipe, Boiler, Connecting rod, Cylinder (locomotive), Driving wheel, Equalising beam, Firebox (steam engine), Franco-Prussian War, Germany, Guben, Halle (Saale), Hanomag, Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, Länderbahnen, Leaf spring, List of Alsace-Lorraine locomotives, Locomotive frame, Mühlhausen, Railway air brake, Smokebox, Steam dome, Steam locomotive, Stephenson valve gear, Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

Alsace-Lorraine

The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen or Elsass-Lothringen, or Alsace-Moselle) was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871, after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Alsace-Lorraine · See more »

Żary

Żary (Sorau, Žarow) is a town in western Poland with about 39,900 inhabitants (2006), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship (since 1999, previously in Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975–1998)).

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Żary · See more »

Belpaire firebox

The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Belpaire firebox · See more »

Blastpipe

The blastpipe is part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the fire.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Blastpipe · See more »

Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Boiler · See more »

Connecting rod

A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Connecting rod · See more »

Cylinder (locomotive)

Cylinders were an important structural part of the steam engines which powered locomotives.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Cylinder (locomotive) · See more »

Driving wheel

On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotive's pistons (or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive).

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Driving wheel · See more »

Equalising beam

An equalising beam, equalising lever or equalising barOr "equalizing" beam,etc.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Equalising beam · See more »

Firebox (steam engine)

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Firebox (steam engine) · See more »

Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Franco-Prussian War · See more »

Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Germany · See more »

Guben

Guben (Polish and Sorbian: Gubin) is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Guben · See more »

Halle (Saale)

Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Halle (Saale) · See more »

Hanomag

Hanomag (Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG) was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles in Hanover.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Hanomag · See more »

Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine

The Kaiserliche Generaldirektion der Eisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen or EL (English: General Directorate of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine) were the first railways owned by the German Empire.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine · See more »

Länderbahnen

The Länderbahnen (singular: Länderbahn) were the various state railways of the German Empire in the period from about 1840 to 1920, when they were merged into the Deutsche Reichsbahn after the First World War.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Länderbahnen · See more »

Leaf spring

A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for the suspension in wheeled vehicles.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Leaf spring · See more »

List of Alsace-Lorraine locomotives

This list covers the locomotives of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (Reich railways in Alsace-Lorraine) (EL) and those of the Chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (AL).

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and List of Alsace-Lorraine locomotives · See more »

Locomotive frame

A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler or bodywork.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Locomotive frame · See more »

Mühlhausen

Mühlhausen is a city in the north-west of Thuringia, Germany, north of Niederdorla, the country's geographical centre, north-west of Erfurt, east of Kassel and south-east of Göttingen.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Mühlhausen · See more »

Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Railway air brake · See more »

Smokebox

A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive exhaust system.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Smokebox · See more »

Steam dome

The steam dome is a vessel fitted to the top of the boiler of a steam engine.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Steam dome · See more »

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Steam locomotive · See more »

Stephenson valve gear

The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engines.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Stephenson valve gear · See more »

Westinghouse Air Brake Company

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

New!!: Alsace-Lorraine B 1 and Westinghouse Air Brake Company · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine_B_1

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »