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SR Leader class

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The Leader was a class of experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0 articulated steam locomotive, produced in the United Kingdom to the design of the innovative engineer Oliver Bulleid. [1]

19 relations: Advanced steam technology, Boxcab, Brighton railway works, Bulleid chain-driven valve gear, Bulleid Firth Brown wheel, Cab forward, CIÉ No. CC1, Fairlie locomotive, LB&SCR H1 class, Locomotives of the Southern Railway, Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Oliver Bulleid, Sleeve valve, Southern Railway (UK), SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, Steam locomotive, Steam locomotives of British Railways, Valve gear, 0-6-0+0-6-0.

Advanced steam technology

Advanced steam technology (sometimes known as Modern Steam) reflects an approach to the technical development of the steam engine intended for a wider variety of applications than has recently been the case.

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Boxcab

A boxcab, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure (from boxcar).

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Brighton railway works

Brighton railway works (also known as Brighton locomotive works, or just the Brighton works) was one of the earliest railway-owned locomotive repair works, founded in 1840 by the London and Brighton Railway in Brighton, England, and thus pre-dating the more famous railway works at Crewe, Doncaster and Swindon.

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Bulleid chain-driven valve gear

The Bulleid chain-driven valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear designed by Oliver Bulleid during the Second World War for use on his Pacific (4-6-2) designs.

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Bulleid Firth Brown wheel

The Bulleid Firth Brown wheel was a locomotive wheel developed for the Southern Railway in the late 1930s.

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Cab forward

The term cab forward refers to various rail and road vehicle designs that place the driver's compartment substantially farther towards the front than is common practice.

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CIÉ No. CC1

Córas Iompair Éireann No.

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Fairlie locomotive

A Fairlie is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies.

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LB&SCR H1 class

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway H1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam locomotives for express passenger work.

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Locomotives of the Southern Railway

The Southern Railway took a key role in expanding the 660 V DC third rail electrified network begun by the London & South Western Railway.

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Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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Oliver Bulleid

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE (19 September 1882 – 25 April 1970) was a British railway and mechanical engineer best known as the Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway between 1937 and the 1948 nationalisation, developing many well-known locomotives.

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Sleeve valve

The sleeve valve is a type of valve mechanism for piston engines, distinct from the usual poppet valve.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes

The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid.

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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 locomotives of British Railways

The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968.

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Valve gear

The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle.

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0-6-0+0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of an articulated locomotive with two separate swivelling engine units, each unit with no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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Redirects here:

Leader (locomotive), SR Leader Class.

References

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

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