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	steam locomotive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Locomotives from other nations such as Germany and the United States attained speeds very close to this, and this is generally believed to be close to the practicable upper limit for the direct-coupled steam locomotive.
		Steam locomotives remained in commercial use in parts of Mexico in to the late 1970s.
		Steam locomotives remain in regular use in China, where coal is a much more abundant resource than petroleum for diesel fuel.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Steam_locomotive.html (1266 words)

	Locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aerodynamic passenger locomotives from other countries such as Germany and the United States attained speeds very close to this, and this is generally believed to be close to the practicable upper limit for the direct-coupled steam locomotive.
		Steam locomotives are in regular use in China, where coal is a much more abundant resource than petroleum for diesel fuel.
		Diesel trains or locomotives that use this are called diesel-mechanical and began to appear (although limited in power) even before the first world war which saw a number of simplex diesel systems built for the war, a small number of which survive and are still operational today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steam_locomotive (2559 words)

	Geared steam locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A geared steam locomotive is a type of steam locomotive which uses reduction gearing in the drivetrain, as opposed to the common directly-driven design.
		This cannot be too large, for the locomotive will be unable to generate enough steam to supply those large cylinders at speed; it cannot be too small, or the starting torque and thus tractive effort will be too small, and the locomotive will not be able to start a train.
		The vast majority of geared locomotives in the world were built to one of the first three designs, whether licensed and official, or clones built after the expiration of key patents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geared_steam_locomotive (762 words)

	Encyclopedia: Locomotive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A duplex locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force on its wheels by using two pairs of cylinders.
		Main article: Electric locomotive East German E 18 electric locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire, a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system.
		East German E 18 electric locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire, a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Locomotive (6627 words)

	Geared steam locomotive -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A geared steam locomotive is a type of (A locomotive powered by a steam engine) steam locomotive which uses reduction gearing in the drivetrain, as opposed to the common directly-driven design.
		Many applications required a low speed locomotive with ample starting tractive effort; industrial use, mines and quarries and (The work of cutting down trees for timber) logging operations, steeply graded lines and the like, especially when the track is cheaply built and not suited to high speeds anyway.
		Also a good place to see geared locomotives is the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad in (additional info and facts about Felton, CA) Felton, CA which has several operational Shays; the Georgetown Loop Railroad in (A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains) Colorado also has operating Shay locomotives.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/geared_steam_locomotive.htm (579 words)

	ipedia.com: Locomotive Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first ever steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick, and first ran on February 21 1804, although it would take some years before steam locomotive design became efficient and economically practical.
		Well before the end of the 20th century, almost the only steam power still in regular use in the USA and Western European countries was on railroads specifically aimed at tourists and/or railroad enthusiasts, known as railfans.
		Steam locomotives remain in regular use in India and China, where coal is a much more abundant resource than petroleum for diesel fuel.
	www.ipedia.com /locomotive.html (1484 words)

	Locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Many trains feature self-propelled payload-carrying vehicles; these are not normally considered locomotives, and may be referred to as multiple units or railcars; the use of these self-propelled vehicles is increasingly common for passenger trains, but very rare for freight.
		The all-time speed record for steam trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in England, number 4468 Mallard, which pulling six cars (plus a dynamometer car) reached 126 mph (203 km/h) on a slight downhill gradient down Stoke Bank on July 3, 1938.
		Dual-mode diesel-electric/third rail locomotives are operated by the Long Island Rail Road between non-electrified territory and New York City because of a local law banning diesel-powered locomotives in city tunnels.
	www.wissen-im-web.net /wiki/Locomotive (1900 words)

	Steam_locomotive
		A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks.
		Increasingly common these days in passenger service is push-pull operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train in the other.
		The all-time speed record for steam trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in England, number 4468 Mallard, which pulling six carrriages (plus a dynamometer car) reached 126 mph (203 km/h) on a slight downhill gradient down Stoke Bank on 3 July 1938.
	www.purchasesilver.com /search.php?title=Steam_locomotive (2412 words)

	Lionel Glossary
		A type of steam locomotive (most commonly used by the Southern Pacific) built so the cab portion is at the front for added visibility and safety from smoke and fumes in tunnels and snowsheds.
		The locomotive's twin cylinders drive a crankshaft aligned parallel with the axles; power is transmitted to the trucks through an arrangement of bevel gears and a driveshaft; rods couple the axles on each truck.
		Used on steam locomotive tenders, it is a small enclosure usually located atop the back of the tender, which provides shelter for the brakeman.
	www.lionel.com /GettingStarted/Guides/a-f.html (2924 words)

	Locomotive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The train is thus pulled by the locomotive when moving in one direction, and pushed in the other (see push-pull).
		Locomotives from other countries such as Germany and the United States attained speeds very close to this, and this is generally believed to be close to the practicable upper limit for the direct-coupled steam locomotive.
		This train consists of two Class 43 locomotives (known as Power Cars), one at each end, and a number of Mk III carriages (usually 8).
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/lo/Locomotive.htm (1563 words)

	Steam Power
		As the accessible timber receded from Pacific County's waterways loggers were forced to invest in steam powered locomotives to move the logs from a landing in the woods to the hungry mills at tidewater.
		Today the steam sawmills are gone from Pacific County, it is still possible, however, to find some of the steam donkey engines abandoned in the woods.
		Their locomotive was a Class B type engine with two trucks, and two inclined steam cylinders.
	www.willapabay.org /~museum/steam.htm (1276 words)

	Steam Locomotive Builders
		The American Locomotive Company was known for its steam locomotives of which the 4-6-4 Hudsons and the 4-8-4 Niagras built for the New York Central and the 4-6-6-4 Challengers and the 4-8-8-4 Big Boys it built for the Union Pacific were its finiest examples.
		In the late 1940's it was very clear that the steam locomotive days were over and each of the big three steam locomotive builders were far behind EMD with diesel designs and customers.
		In the later days of the steam era, Baldwin was in the forefront of locomotive construction with the many 2-8-2 Mikados it built and its ability to build small quantities of unique designs, such as the Cab Forward 4-8-8-2's it built for the Southern Pacific.
	www.steamlocomotive.com /builders (1872 words)

	Railroad Glossary-S
		A steam locomotive which carries its water supply in a tank on the boiler rather than in a tender.
		The section of a steam locomotive boiler at the forward end which houses the main steam pipes to the cylinders, exhaust pipe and stack.
		In steam locomotives, the practice of shrouding all or part of the loco with sheet metal.
	users.adelphia.net /~edportzline/Frames/TheProjectS.htm (3601 words)

	Washington Steam Locomotive Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The SPandS 539 Restoration Project One of two surviving SPandS steam locomotives, 2-8-2 #539 was removed from Esther Short Park in Vancouver, WA in June 1997 and transported to the nearby City of Battleground.
		While not Pacific Northwest specific, the Geared Steam Locomotive Works page is an excellent resource with lots of information on Shay, Climax, Heisler, Willamette and other lesser known geared locomoties.
		Wes Barris' Steam Locomotive Information page is probably the most complete list of existing steam locomotives in the world.
	wasteam.railfan.net /links.html (528 words)

	Geared Steam Locomotives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For normal locomotives, a grade of 2% is very severe; in the mountains of West Virginia, where logging was taking place, grades of up to 8% were common.
		The Shay-type is geared -- three vertical pistons drive a crankshaft that is connected to universal joints that in turn are connected to gears that drive the wheels (these have to be seen in operation to be believed!).
		Yet another type of geared locomotive is the Heisler, which has the piston protruding from the side of the locomotive.
	www.toytrains1.com /shay.htm (314 words)

	Search Results for locomotive - Encyclopædia Britannica
		First was the evolution of the railroad: the combination of the steam locomotive and a permanent travel way of metal rails.
		The second form in which steam power was applied to transport was that of the road locomotive.
		Experiments with diesel-engine locomotives and railcars began almost as soon as the diesel engine was patented by the German engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1892.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=locomotive&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (404 words)

	rec.models.railroad FAQ - Prototype 1
		Note that once the steam has been used it is exhausted to the atmosphere, which is why the tender on a steam locomotive is mostly water and a relatively minor amount of fuel.
		The steam cylinders were located on the right side of the locomotive as was the rest of the drive train.
		Climax-type uses two steam cylinders that were sloped forward but parallel to the locomotive to driver the shaft which was geared into the driver axles (similar to Heislers).
	users.rcn.com /weyand/tractronics/faq/page6.htm (5916 words)

	The Ultimate Steam Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Info on all classes of steam operated in the U.S. Includes a complete listing of all remaining steam in North America.
		The Duke is probably the greatest feat of steam locomotive restoration ever accomplished (yet).
		Locomotives presently being modernized by Shaun McMahon and L. Porta.
	www.trainweb.org /tusp/s_links.html (628 words)

	Shay locomotive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ephraim Shay (1839-1916) was a logger himself, and like those who try to build a better mousetrap, he decided to build a better logging locomotive.
		In 1880, he constructed a successful prototype, basically a flatcar with a steam boiler mounted amidships; fuel and water on opposite ends.
		Two vertical cylinders drove a crankshaft, which in turn drove a pair of geared trucks through a system of universal joints and sliding shafts (jackshafts).
	www.mrollins.com /shay.html (364 words)

	Locomotive sites
		The American Steam Locomotive: A Detailed Diagram with 254 identified and marked components.
		The Baldwin Locomotive Collection is devoted to the largest and most influential manufacturer of steam railroad locomotive engines in the world.
		Steam in the Woods sadly he has taken his site down due to people taking his material Marc your efforts were appreciated.
	members.shaw.ca /twofooter/ww2ftrrzLoco.htm (1079 words)

	Southern Oregon Chapter, NRHS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Chapter was directly responsible for the initiation and early development of the Medford Railroad Park and continues as a partner in the management of the park in cooperation with the Southern Oregon Live Steamers, the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club, Southern Oregon Large Scale Trains, the Morse Telegraphy Club, and the City of Medford.
		These are the Medco No. 4, a Willamette locomotive built in 1925 and the Medco No. 8, a Baldwin S8 diesel-electric switcher built in 1952.
		Willamette Geared Steam Locomotive Including pictures of the dismantled locomotive as we start her restoration.
	sorcnrhs.railfan.net (331 words)

	Amazon.com: American Steam Locomotive: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a world where change is constant and rapid, it is difficult for us to fully appreciate how long it took for the steam locomotive to be developed.
		In addition to culling the most reliable authorities in a well-written text, Solomon has carefully picked what appear to be some of the highest-quality photographs available of the various types of steam locomotives developed, some from the earliest days of Kodachrome slide color photography.
		Written with all knowledge levels of rail buff in mind, this is a volume that deserves to be in the library of every railfan, from the newly-initiated to the knowledgeable veteran.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760303363?v=glance (869 words)

	Other Geared Steam Locomotive section added... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The new section presents for the "first time on the web", several obscure North American built geared steam locomotives "other" than the Shay, Climax, Heisler, Dunkirk, Willamette, Baldwin, and Willamette locomotives already noted on the site.
		Please click the "Other Geared Steam Locomotives" icon that appears in the middle of the home page: http://www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam...............................................................
		This news is provided by the Geared Steam Locomotive Works.
	www.railpage.org.au /ausrail/99may/msg01817.html (196 words)

	Roots of Motive Power - Links to Related Sites
		Camp 6 Steam Logging Exhibit, Tacoma WA reconstructed logging camp typical of those operated from the l880s to the 1940s
		Collier Memorial SP, Chiloquin OR museum of logging equipment, showing its evolution from the use of oxen and felling axes to modern diesel tractors and trucks
		details of little-known sub-group of steam locomotives with engines that used gears together with steam cylinders (common on all steam locomotives) to produce more "constant" pulling power than the conventional and more prevalent "rod" type of steam locomotive - includes Shays, Climaxes, and Heislers
	www.rootsofmotivepower.com /html/Collection/Links.html (450 words)

	Michigan Cal Lumber Company
		Railroad Logging was abandoned (due to a variety of reasons/occurrences) in 1949, in favor of truck logging.
		operated 9 geared locomotives (7 Shays, 1 Heisler, 1 Climax), and 1 rod engine, on approximately 50 miles of track.
		M-C.L.Co. retired her in the early 1930's; she was reconditioned and briefly put into service again in the late 30's until she was permanently retired in 1939.
	www.steaminthewoods.com /OO_michigancal.htm (310 words)

	The Mount Emily Lumber Company's Shay locomotive is fully explored in this unusual railroad video - logging ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whether or not you are familiar with Lima's Shay locomotive, you will love being introduced to the historic Mount Emily Lumber Company's first locomotive.
		Marvel at the pulling power of this 90-ton "beast of burden" as she demonstrates she still has the right stuff by hauling logs over an Oregon shortline.
		Join the locomotive's fireman on a technical tour of this oddity from America's logging railroads.
	www.goldenrailvideo.com /powertour.htm (167 words)

	Direct Drive Steam Trains Part 19 - NE Rails
		Industrial steam locomotives were down right ugly, but they were needed in every branch of industrial activity, such as mines, lumber mills, manufacturing plants, and construction.
		Geared locomotives are suitable for use on the steep grades, sharp curves, and uneven track frequently found in lumbering operations and stone quarries.
		Reproduction or redistribution in any form without express written permission is prohibited.
	www.northeast.railfan.net /steam19.html (228 words)

	Finescale Online - 56 links
		Preserving & promoting information on North American built geared steam locomotives.
		History and photos of the Climax geared locomotive
		History and photographs of the Climax geared locomotive.
	www.finescalerr.com /cgi-finescalerr/links/cougalinks.cgi (1325 words)

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