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34 relations: August von Borries, Bissel truck, Bogie, British Rail, Cartazzi axle, Compound locomotive, Darlington Works, Doncaster Works, Gangway connection, Gresley conjugated valve gear, Harold Yarrow, High-pressure steam locomotive, Ian Allan Publishing, John Brown & Company, List of boiler types, by manufacturer, LNER Class A4, LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, Loading gauge, Locomotive frame, London and North Eastern Railway, Nigel Gresley, Peterborough railway station, Photographic grey, Route availability, Scrap, Steam locomotive, Superheater, Three-drum boiler, UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, Walschaerts valve gear, Water-tube boiler, Yarrow boiler, Yarrow Shipbuilders, 4-6-4.
August von Borries
August Friedrich Wilhelm von Borries (27 January 1852 – 14 February 1906) was one of Germany's most influential railway engineers, who was primarily concerned with developments in steam locomotives.
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Bissel truck
A Bissel truck (also: Bissell truck or Bissel bogie) is a single-axled bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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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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Cartazzi axle
A Cartazzi axle is a design of leading or trailing wheel support used worldwide.
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Compound locomotive
A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.
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Darlington Works
Darlington railway works, was established in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the town of Darlington in the north east of England.
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Doncaster Works
Doncaster railway works is a plant located in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
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Gangway connection
A gangway connection (or, more loosely, a corridor connection) is a flexible connector fitted to the end of a railway coach, enabling passengers to move from one coach to another without danger of falling from the train.
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Gresley conjugated valve gear
The Gresley conjugated valve gear is a valve gear for steam locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, chief mechanical engineer of the LNER, assisted by Harold Holcroft.
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Harold Yarrow
Sir Harold Edgar Yarrow, 2nd Baronet, GBE (11 August 1884 – 19 April 1962) was a British industrialist and shipbuilder.
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High-pressure steam locomotive
A high-pressure steam locomotive is a steam locomotive with a boiler that operates at pressures well above what would be considered normal.
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Ian Allan Publishing
Ian Allan Publishing is a UK publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books.
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John Brown & Company
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.
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List of boiler types, by manufacturer
There have been a vast number of designs of steam boiler, particularly towards the end of the 19th century when the technology was evolving rapidly.
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LNER Class A4
The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935.
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LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3
The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.
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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.
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London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.
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Nigel Gresley
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
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Peterborough railway station
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Photographic grey
Photographic grey, also known as works grey, was a paint scheme commonly applied to steam locomotives during the period before colour photography became commonplace.
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Route availability
Route Availability (RA) is the system by which the permanent way and supporting works (bridges, embankments, etc.) of the railway network of Great Britain are graded.
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Scrap
Scrap consists of recyclable materials left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials.
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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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Superheater
A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.
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Three-drum boiler
Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships.
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UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements
The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as German classificationThe Railway Data File.
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Walschaerts valve gear
The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.
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Water-tube boiler
A high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire.
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Yarrow boiler
Yarrow boilers are an important class of high-pressure water-tube boilers.
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Yarrow Shipbuilders
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL), often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipbuilding firm based in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow on the River Clyde.
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4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_W1
