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Baker valve gear

Index Baker valve gear

After about 1910 Baker valve gear was the main competitor to Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives in the United States. [1]

36 relations: Atlanta and West Point 290, Chesapeake and Ohio 2755, Chesapeake and Ohio class K-4, Chesapeake and Ohio classes L-2 and L-2-A, Commonwealth Railways CA class, Curly Lawrence, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 1151 class, Hackworth valve gear, Henry Greenly, Holcroft valve gear, Maine Central class O 4-6-0, Maine Central Railroad Locomotive 470, March 1903, Milwaukee Road class F6, Milwaukee Road class L2, New York Central Niagara, Nickel Plate 765, Norfolk and Western 1218, Norfolk and Western Railway 475, Norfolk and Western Railway class J (1941), Norfolk and Western Railway class M, NZR J class (1939), NZR KA class, Pennsylvania Railroad class J1, Pere Marquette 1225, Piston valve (steam engine), South Australian Railways 620 class, Southern Railway Ps-4 class, Southern valve gear, Stephenson valve gear, Texas and Pacific 610, USRA Heavy Pacific, Valve gear, Walschaerts valve gear, 1903 in rail transport, 1903 in science.

Atlanta and West Point 290

Atlanta and West Point 290 is a steam locomotive built in 1926 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Atlanta and West Point Railroad.

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Chesapeake and Ohio 2755

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 2755 is a standard gauge steam railway locomotive of the 2-8-4 type, called "Berkshire" by most US railroads, but "Kanawha" by the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O).

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Chesapeake and Ohio class K-4

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's K-4 class were a group of ninety 2-8-4 steam locomotives purchased during and shortly after World War II.

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Chesapeake and Ohio classes L-2 and L-2-A

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's class L-2 comprised eight coal-fired 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives numbered #300–307 and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1941.

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Commonwealth Railways CA class

The Commonwealth Railways CA class was a class of steam locomotives purchased by the Commonwealth Railways, Australia, from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NH), USA, through Lend-Lease during World War II.

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Curly Lawrence

Lillian "Curly" Lawrence, known as LBSC, was one of Britain's most prolific and well known model or scale-steam-locomotive designers.

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 1151 class

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's 1151 class comprised five 4-6-4 steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1937.

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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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Holcroft valve gear

The Holcroft valve gear was a type of conjugated valve gear designed by Harold Holcroft and used on three-cylinder steam locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR).

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Maine Central class O 4-6-0

Maine Central Railroad Class O locomotives were originally intended for heavy freight service.

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Maine Central Railroad Locomotive 470

Maine Central Railroad 470 is a 4-6-2 (Pacific) steam locomotive, now owned by.

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March 1903

The following events occurred in March 1903.

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Milwaukee Road class F6

The Milwaukee Road classes F6 and F6-a comprised twenty-two steam locomotives of the 4-6-4 configuration, commonly nicknamed “Hudson” but known as “Baltic” on the Milwaukee Road.

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Milwaukee Road class L2

The Milwaukee Road class L2 were 2-8-2 or "Mikado"-type steam locomotives built by or for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“The Milwaukee Road”) in the period 1912–1923.

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New York Central Niagara

The New York Central Railroad's Niagara was a steam locomotive named after the Niagara River and Falls.

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Nickel Plate 765

Nickel Plate Road no.

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Norfolk and Western 1218

Norfolk and Western No.

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Norfolk and Western Railway 475

Strasburg Rail Road #475 is a former Norfolk & Western Railway M class 4-8-0 steam locomotive.

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Norfolk and Western Railway class J (1941)

The Norfolk and Western Railway's J class was a class of 4-8-4 streamlined steam locomotives built by the railway's own Roanoke Shops located in Roanoke, Virginia from 1941 to 1950.

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Norfolk and Western Railway class M

The Norfolk and Western Railway's M, M1 and M2 classes (also known as the "Mastodon-class") were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway.

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NZR J class (1939)

The NZR J class steam locomotives were a type of 4-8-2 steam locomotive used on the New Zealand Railway network.

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NZR KA class

The NZR KA class of 1939 was a class of mixed traffic 4-8-4 steam locomotives that operated on New Zealand's railway network.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class J1

The PRR J1 was a class of 2-10-4 or "Texas" type steam locomotives with driving wheels built between 1943 and 1944.

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Pere Marquette 1225

Pere Marquette 1225 is a 2-8-4 (Berkshire) steam locomotive built for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio.

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Piston valve (steam engine)

Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive.

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South Australian Railways 620 class

The South Australian Railways 620 class was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.

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Southern Railway Ps-4 class

The Ps-4 was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives built for the Southern Railway, as well as its subsidiaries, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad and the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway.

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Southern valve gear

Southern valve gear was briefly popular on steam locomotives in the United States.

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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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Texas and Pacific 610

Texas and Pacific 610 is a 2-10-4 steam locomotive that was originally operated by the Texas and Pacific Railway (T&P).

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USRA Heavy Pacific

The USRA Heavy Pacific was a USRA standard class of steam locomotive designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was the standard heavy passenger locomotive of the USRA types, and was 4-6-2 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′C1′ in UIC classification.

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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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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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1903 in rail transport

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1903 in science

The year 1903 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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References

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

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