Steam Locomotives

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Charlie:  the most efficient source is a Locomotive Cyclopedia, either an
original issue or one of the reproductions.   Simmons and Boardman published
these back in the steam days to assist people in designing, specifying or
maintaining steamers.  About 800-1000 pages, they had a listing of roughly
100 locomotives in the front section, roughly 600 pages of equipment
advertising, injectors, head lamps, sanders, flue pipes, superheater piping
and so on.  In these will be cross section drawings and details about all of
the components of systems and subsystems, including explanations of how they
work- without the engineering/physics basis for function.  

 

Chances are your local library can get one of these for you.  They were
published from the late 1800's to the late 1980's.  There is MoW books,
books on rolling stock.

 

Yes, the smaller, soft bound Cyclopedias are excerpts form the original big
books

 

 

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Charlie - 

 

I just reviewed for TRAINS a book called "How the Steam Locomotive Works"
published by TLC.  It can probably answer most if not all of your questions.

 

If not that, get one of the old Model Railroader Cyclopedias, probably long
out of print now.

 

EdK

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Anybody know of a good reference source for identifying the various parts of
a steam locomotive?  Thanks for any help one can offer!

Charlie


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