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Geared steam locomotive

Index Geared steam locomotive

A geared steam locomotive is a type of steam locomotive which uses gearing, usually reduction gearing, in the drivetrain, as opposed to the common directly driven design. [1]

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A & G Price

A & G Price Limited was an engineering firm and locomotive manufacturer in Thames, New Zealand, from 1868 to August 2017.

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Adhesion railway

An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train.

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Atlantic (locomotive)

Atlantic was the name of a very early American steam locomotive built by inventor and foundry owner Phineas Davis for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1832.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Aveling and Porter

Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam-roller manufacturer.

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Avonside Engine Company

The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934.

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Bagasse

Bagasse is the fibrous matter that remains after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice.

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Baker City, Oregon

Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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BC Forest Discovery Centre

The BC Forest Discovery Centre, located in Duncan, chronicles the history of logging in British Columbia, Canada.

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Bradford, Pennsylvania

Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, close to the border with New York State and approximately south of Buffalo, New York.

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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd.

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Canada Science and Technology Museum

The Canada Science and Technology Museum (Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada) is located in Ottawa, Ontario, on St. Laurent Boulevard, to the south of the Queensway (Highway 417).

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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

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Clark's Trading Post

Clark's Trading Post is a visitor attraction in Lincoln, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains.

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Climax locomotive

A Climax locomotive is a type of geared steam locomotive in which the two steam cylinders are attached to a transmission located under the center of the boiler.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.

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Coupling rod

A coupling rod or side rod connects the driving wheels of a locomotive.

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Crank (mechanism)

A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft.

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Crankshaft

A crankshaft—related to crank—is a mechanical part able to perform a conversion between reciprocating motion and rotational motion.

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De Winton

De Winton & Co (1854-1901) were engineers in Caernarfon, Wales.

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Drivetrain

The drivetrain of a motor vehicle is the group of components that deliver power to the driving wheels.

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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).

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Duluth, Georgia

Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.

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Duncan, British Columbia

Duncan (pop. 4,944) is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad

The Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad is a heritage and freight railroad in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.

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Durbin, West Virginia

Durbin is a town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

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Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, formed in 1979 and opened in 1981.

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Ephraim Shay

Ephraim Shay (July 17, 1839 – April 19, 1916) was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan.

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Erica, Victoria

Erica is a town in Victoria, Australia, on Rawson Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw.

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Felton, California

Felton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.

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Flange

A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim (lip), for strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram wheel.

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Forests Commission Victoria

The Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) was the main government authority responsible for management and protection of State forests in Victoria, Australia between 1918 and 1983.

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Freeport, Illinois

Freeport is the county seat and largest city of Stephenson County, Illinois.

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Garibaldi, Oregon

Garibaldi is a city in Tillamook County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Gear train

A gear train is a mechanical system formed by mounting gears on a frame so the teeth of the gears engage.

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Georgetown Loop Railroad

The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a narrow gauge United States heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, adjacent to Interstate 70 in Colorado.

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Georgetown, Colorado

The historic Town of Georgetown is the Territorial Charter Municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

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Heisler locomotive

The Heisler locomotive was the last variant of the three major types of geared steam locomotive Charles L. Heisler receiving a patent for the design in 1892, following the construction of a prototype in 1891.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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Lincoln, New Hampshire

Lincoln is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Logging

Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad

The Mt.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust

The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, south-west of Northampton.

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Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad (OCSR) is a steam-powered heritage railroad, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, operating in Oregon, primarily between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach, with additional special trips to Wheeler, Nehalem River and into the Salmonberry River canyon.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Pinion

A pinion is a round gear—usually to the smaller of two meshed gears—used in several applications, including drivetrain and rack and pinion systems.

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Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

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Puffing Billy Railway

The Puffing Billy Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia.

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Rack railway

A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.

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Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad

The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad is a narrow-gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of The travel is through a redwood forest.

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Sentinel Waggon Works

Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam-powered lorries, railway locomotives, and later, diesel engined lorries and locomotives.

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Shantytown, New Zealand

Shantytown is a tourist attraction in the West Coast Region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Shay locomotive

The Shay locomotive was the most widely used geared steam locomotive.

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Single- and double-acting cylinders

Reciprocating engine cylinders are often classified by whether they are single- or double-acting, depending on how the working fluid acts on the piston.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southeastern Railway Museum

The Southeastern Railway Museum (initialised SRM, AAR code SMRX) is a railroad museum located in Duluth, Georgia, in suburban Atlanta.

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Sprocket

A sprocket or sprocket-wheel is a profiled wheel with teeth, or cogs, that mesh with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material.

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Steam diesel hybrid locomotive

A steam diesel hybrid locomotive is a railway locomotive with a piston engine which could run on either steam from a boiler or diesel fuel.

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Steam donkey

Steam donkey, or donkey engine, is the common nickname for a steam-powered winch, or logging engine, widely used in past logging operations, though not limited to logging.

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Steam locomotive

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

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Steam locomotive components

This is a glossary of the components found on typical steam locomotives.

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Steam motor

A steam motor is a form of steam engine used for light locomotives.

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Sumpter Valley Railway

The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Switcher

A switcher or shunter (Great Britain: shunter; Australia: shunter or yard pilot; United States: switcher, switch engine, or yard goat, except Pennsylvania Railroad: shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been brought in, and generally moving railroad cars around – a process usually known as ''switching'' (USA) or shunting (UK).

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Torque

Torque, moment, or moment of force is rotational force.

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Traction engine

A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location.

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Tractive force

As used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive force can either refer to the total traction a vehicle exerts on a surface, or the amount of the total traction that is parallel to the direction of motion.

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Transmission (mechanics)

A transmission is a machine in a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power.

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Travel Town Museum

Travel Town Museum is a railway museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Walhalla railway line

The Walhalla railway line was a narrow gauge railway located in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Western Maryland Railway

The Western Maryland Railway was an American Class I railroad (1852–1983) which operated in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

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White Mountain Central Railroad

The White Mountain Central Railroad is the short heritage railway at Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, New Hampshire.

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Willamette Iron and Steel Works

Willamette Iron Works (also known as Willamette Iron and Steel Company or WISCO) was a general foundry and machine business established in 1865 in Portland, Oregon, originally specializing in the manufacture of steamboat boilers and engines.

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Willamette locomotive

The Willamette locomotive was a geared steam locomotive of the Shay locomotive type, built by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon.

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Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSPRR) is a historic narrow gauge railroad with two operating steam train locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

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0-10-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geared_steam_locomotive

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