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Joy valve gear

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Joy Valve Gear Diagram Joy valve gear is a type of steam locomotive valve gear, designed by David Joy (3 March 1825 – 1903), Locomotive and Marine engineer, and patented (no. 929) on 8 March 1879. [1]

21 relations: British Rail, Connecting rod, Doble steam car, Eccentric (mechanism), Hackworth valve gear, Henry Greenly, John Fowler & Co., Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, LNWR Class G, London and North Western Railway, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Manning Wardle, Narrow-gauge railway, Patent, Ridable miniature railway, Russian locomotive class O, Steam locomotive, Stephenson valve gear, Traction engine, Valve gear, 2-6-2.

British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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Connecting rod

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

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Doble steam car

The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909–1931.

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Eccentric (mechanism)

In mechanical engineering, an eccentric is a circular disk (eccentric sheave) solidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle (hence the word "eccentric", out of the centre).

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Hackworth valve gear

The Hackworth valve gear is a design of valve gear used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.

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Henry Greenly

Henry Greenly (1876–1947) was amongst the foremost miniature railway engineers of the 20th century, remembered as a master of engineering design.

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John Fowler & Co.

John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment.

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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping.

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LNWR Class G

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G were several related classes of 0-8-0 steam locomotives.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898.

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Manning Wardle

Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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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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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Ridable miniature railway

A ridable miniature railway (US: 'riding railroad' or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors).

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Russian locomotive class O

The Russian steam locomotive class O (from Основной) was an early type of Russian steam locomotives.

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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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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.

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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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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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2-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.

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References

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

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