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	Duplex locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A duplex locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force on its wheels by using two pairs of cylinders rigidly mounted to a single locomotive frame; it is not an articulated locomotive.
		A four-cylinder locomotive can be completely balanced in the longitudinal and vertical axes, although there are some rocking and twisting motions which can be dealt with in the locomotive's suspension and centering; a three-cylinder locomotive can also be better balanced, but a two-cylinder locomotive only balanced for rotation will surge fore and aft.
		The locomotive was completed in May 1937 and managed to retain the same coupled wheelbase as the road's current 4-8-2s by having the second set of cylinders reversed, mounted alongside the firebox, and driving the second set of coupled wheels forwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duplex_locomotive (1568 words)

	Install DCC Decoder in ConCor 4-6-4
		All references to the frame are based on the front being at the top or away from you.
		In normal analog (DC) operation, the 4-6-4 locomotive upper frame is connected to the left rail and the lower frame is connected to the right rail.
		Remove the superstructure of the locomotive by removing the small Phillips screw (in the smokestack or in a steam dome), lifting the boiler upwards and sliding it to the rear.
	www.trainweb.org /nrmrc/dccconv/cc464.html (1768 words)

	J. Instn Locomotive Engineers Volume 38
		The vertical plate stretcher is connected through the frames by bolting to the front flanges of the outside cylinders, and the rear flanges of the outside cylinders are bolted through the frames to the front flanges of the inside cylinder.
		Frame fractures were due to fatigue of the metal under variable stress after a large number of repetitions, and the, metal offered the least resistance to fracture when the loads producing the stresses alternated from plus to minus in range.
		Although 'the frame· had been' stiffened up internally, compared with that of the conventional Q class engines from which the design was developed, the elimination of the platform was considered to be the cause of the distortion.
	www.steamindex.com /jile/jile38.htm (20177 words)

	Steam locomotive basics - section 1, locomotive layout
		This section on the basics of a steam locomotive takes you from the names and functions of each component, the features of their design, and ending with the importance of the mineral composition of a lump of coal or the water in the tender.
		Beginning with the heart of a steam locomotive - its boiler - it is the most compact of all types of boiler in relation to the amount of steam that it produces.
		On later locomotive boilers, these tubes are of two types, small ones of about 1¾ - 2¼ inches in diameter and large flues of 5 - 5½ inches diameter.
	www.greatwestern.org.uk /basic1.htm (601 words)

	Locomotive Description
		The frame of the auxiliary generator is spigoted to that of the main generator, and the set is flange-mounted to the engine base to form a rigid unit.
		This is carried by the locomotive frame on a three-point resilient suspension of the Metalstik Dyna-focal type.
		The jacket water pump is built on the end of the motor furthest from the commutator, the casing is flange-mounted to an extension of the motor frame, and the impeller is fixed to the tapered shaft end.
	www.d5705.org.uk /technical/description.html (1904 words)

	California Trolley and Railroad Corporation - Restoration of Locomotive 2479 - Status (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		During the inspection, the locomotive's whistle, originally thought to be missing, is found underneath several inches of bunker oil in the oil tank.
		Locomotive and tender are repainted for the annual county fair.
		January 10 - the last locomotive frame hole for the spring equalizing rigging is bored.
	www.ctrc.org /2479_restoration_timeline.html (1638 words)

	The Evolution of the American Locomotive.--Scientific American Supplement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		All the early engines designed by Stephenson had frames made of bar iron, but about the year 1826 he adopted a composite frame; the frame connecting the wheels and supporting the boiler being of bar iron as usual, with the addition of a plate iron frame carrying the cylinders and motion, as seen in America.
		This was called the "sandwich" frame and was used in England for many years, until the oak filling was finally discarded and the frames made of iron plates alone: Thus, the plate frame of the English locomotive of to-day is a development of the cylinder frame of America.
		The early locomotives were contemptuously called "steam pots," by the stage coach and canal proprietors, and they, together with other interested parties, to say nothing of the large class of people who objected to innovations on general principles, made the work of the first railway mechanical engineers one of extraordinary difficulty.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/absa1.Html (2617 words)

	Install DCC Decoder in Kato 2-8-2
		In normal analog (DC) operation, the right half of the 2-8-2 frame is connected to the right rail and the lower motor brush, and the left half of the frame is connected to the left rail and the upper motor brush.
		To isolate the LED and resistor from the frame (needed for decoder control of the headlight) the printed circuit board traces must be cut on both sides just forward of where they connect to the frame.
		If you are going to use the existing LED that came with the locomotive, simply solder the loose white wire from the decoder to the light board's left trace just forward of the cut, and the loose decoder blue wire to the light board's right trace, also just forward of the cut in the trace.
	www.trainweb.org /nrmrc/dccconv/ka282.html (3234 words)

	Trix Trains - American Locomotives
		The necessary high power output and the correspondingly high weight had to be translated to the rails on an articulated locomotive frame.
		Steam locomotive sound effects that vary with the speed of the locomotive, whistle, bell, simulation of squealing brakes, acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally.
		The frame and body of this stylish locomotive are constructed of metal and the impressive technology and numerous features make the ALCO PA-1 a wonderful addition to your layout.
	www.trixtrains.com /american.html (1604 words)

	Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's CF7 Locomotive
		After each locomotive conversion was completed, each unit spent anywhere from 8 to 16 hours having electrical load tests performed, and after these were completed, each unit was taken out to the field for a run from Cleburne to Dallas, TX to Cleburne.
		As far as the locomotive roster was concerned, Santa Fe's F7 locomotives utilized the EMD 567B prime mover.
		CF7 #2638 was the first locomotive to refitted with the angled cab and fitted with standardized doors, and thus saving Santa Fe 50% of the cost of custom-fitted doors found on the original units.
	www.qstation.org /CF7/CF7_Background.html (3645 words)

	Under construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But since the locomotive had no speed adjustment, and no forward reverse control, and because stopping it usually meant a derailment it was short lived.
		The E units were very heavy locomotives and had huge flywheels which helped it to over come the excess friction, but the SD7s which have very similar mechanism could not.
		Since this locomotive needs to be able to move slowly all of the time and it will never be run with any other locomotives I decided it would be a perfect candidate.
	www.wic.net /trainworx/ak.html (2730 words)

	Bluebell Railway Locomotives - Overhaul of No.957 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		By then the locomotive had became something of a restoration project in its own right but had to be fitted in and around higher priority work being carried out by the Alf Brown Group for various departments on the Bluebell.
		The locomotive frame made from hot rolled steel sections was fairly sound although some members had to be built up or straightened.
		The locomotive was reunited with the rails on 1 July 2002 (photo right) in the presence of Ken Dickens (furthest left) who researched the JandF Howard business and negotiated to rescue 957 from scrap in 1965.
	www.bluebell-railway.co.uk /bluebell/locos/957 (1008 words)

	Trix HO Scale 4-8-8-4 Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotive w/DCC Sound
		Model: Era III, high-efficiency can motor with bell-shaped armature and flywheel in the boiler, diecast metal locomotive frame, boiler, tender body and tender frame, 8 axles powered, articulated frame to enable locomotive to negotiate sharp curves, Boxpok wheels, center driving axles are spring loaded.
		The frame, wheel sets, and the side and drive rods are all made of metal.
		Due to the overhang of this locomotive's long boiler, signals, catenary masts, bridge railings, tunnel portals, etc. must be set out further from the curved track for clearance.
	www.internethobbies.com /trixhoscal48.html (415 words)

	Shay Geared Steam Locomotives
		The two cylinder engines were manufactured early on in the life span of these locomotives and were usually smaller and less powerful than the three cylinder units.
		This locomotive is still in operation on the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, in Cass, WV.
		Being a timber man who was frustrated by the performance of "rod" locomotives of the day, he created and operated a single cylinder unit to assist with the harvesting of his timber for transport to his lumber mill.
	www.gearedsteam.com /shay/shay.htm (648 words)

	4-12-2
		The eighty-eight 4-12-2s were the last locomotives ever produced by the historic Brooks Works in Dunkirk, New York.
		The Mallet type articulated locomotives of the time, although less damaging to track, proved far too slow for the dawning new age of fast freight.
		The three-cylinder 4-12-2 design used a pair of conventional cylinders that powered the third driving axle while an additional cylinder, mounted in the locomotive frame, drove the second axle.
	www.lionel.com /PDF/4-12-2/2.htm (618 words)

	Atlas DCC Support
		Rewire the locomotive so that its ditch lights are no longer connected in parallel with the front headlight, but instead are connected to the Function C and Function D outputs of the Atlas #342 HO Dual-Mode® Four-Function DCC decoder.
		Thus to remove the body from the frame, it is necessary to release all six of these frame projections from the slots in the tabs on the hood casting.
		Squeeze the narrow hood at the location (along the length of the locomotive) of the pair of projections that you are trying to release and as close to the point where the hood casting meets the side sill casting as you can get your fingers without damaging the side handrails.
	www.atlasrr.com /DCC/ditchlightdash8.htm (2372 words)

	R1a-R1c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		His principle contemplated the construction of a rigid locomotive frame as long as operating characteristics permitted, with the remaining weight and additional length of the locomotive boiler carried at the front on a second, swivelling or articulated - frame.
		Both the rigid and articulated frames were provided with driving wheels, cylinders, rods and motion.
		In 1917, all six Mallets were converted to conventional rigid-frame locomotives of the 2-10-0 wheel arrangement.
	members.shaw.ca /cprsteam/r1a-r1c.htm (315 words)

	Medco No. 4 -- Willamette geared locomotive
		Medco locomotive No. 4 was a Willamette locomotive (it looks like a Lima shay but it isn't) built originally for the Owen-Oregon Lumber Co. This is a rare piece of railroad equipment.
		The City of Medford considered the locomotive a liability and was prepared to give it to a museum group in Portland.
		During the time that the locomotive sat unprotected in Jackson Park most of the smaller, removable, and collectable parts were removed by collectors and vandals.
	sorcnrhs.railfan.net /Medco4.htm (644 words)

	Caboose Hobbies Brass Technical Tips #4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Open Frame Motors: Most, but not all, of these are constructed so the motor brush for the right rail pick-up is connected directly to the motor frame, and the motor frame is mounted, via a screw, to the locomotive frame itself.
		It is not uncommon to encounter a painted model where the hole for the motor mount screw has been painted, and reduced the area of electrical contact between the motor frame and locomotive frame.
		It is mostly the screw head contacting the frame that passes the current from the locomotive frame to the motor frame.
	www.caboosehobbies.com /techtips/elecpickup.htm (2021 words)

	Work Weekends 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This is the undesired ability of the locomotive to shift, uncontrollably, left to right (or right to left) upon the axle journals, depending upon the “lean” of the track.
		The original cast iron thrust bearing on this locomotive evidently wore away thousands of miles ago; and a welder applied a make-shift bearing by brazing a bronze pad in place to replace the worn away cast iron.
		The frame now is resting on a stout crib that was built to support one of the recently acquired shays, during their truck trip across the continent.
	www.msrlha.org /work_weekends_2003.htm (8411 words)

	Big South Fork Scenic Railway - K & T #14 Steam Locomotive Restoration Project
		The locomotive was then acquired by Bill Singleton who made a generous donation of the locomotive to the McCreary Co. Heritage Foundation in hopes of returning her to service some day.
		In 2002, she was placed on the Kentucky and Tennessee Railway steam locomotive roster and the long process of restoring the old engine was begun.
		As the previous K and T steam locomotives were numbered 1-12, the next logical number was #14 (certainly not unlucky 13!) so she will coincidentally be carrying her old Morehead and Northfork RR number.
	www.bsfsry.com /steamloco/kandt14.htm (750 words)

	Lionel Train Sets and Accesories
		All new 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive with tender, boxcar, single dome tank car, flatcar with semi trailer, caboose, 8 peices of straight track and 8 pieces of curved track, 80 watt transformer/controller, smoke fluid.
		Alco FA Locomotive, hovering UFO car, operating radar car, glowing tank car, searchlight caboose, 8 pieces of straight track and 8 pieces of curved track, 40 watt transformer/controller.
		Hudson 4-6-4 steam locomotive and tender, bobbing head clown car, lion tamer chase gondola, elephant sweeper car, caboose, 8 pieces of straight track and 8 pieces of curved track, 40 watt transformer/controller, smoke fluid.
	www.legacystation.com /LionelChristmasTrains.htm (519 words)

	Digitrax.com: Applications Note: Decoder Selection Guide for Kato N Scale Japanese Prototype Locos
		Temporarily reassemble the frame halves, motor, motor mounting frame and insulating spacers with the screws and plastic nuts.
		Keep it against the frame and out of the way of the motor worm gear and out of the way of the truck gears with a dab of 'goo' (later).
		Check that there will be no interference between wires and parts of the locomotive frame, motor and shell and then place the locomotive shell and walkway back in place.
	www.digitrax.com /appnote_llsw1200.php (1328 words)

	CVRR Photo Gallery - Page 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Over the last two weeks the boiler was removed from the frame, and the frame taken out for cleaning.
		The locomotive frame sits to the left of the boiler.
		At the upper-right is the cylinder saddle for the smokebox.
	www.2719.com /pages/cvrrphoto17.html (233 words)

	RAILSOUNDS SETS
		A tough die-cast metal locomotive equipped with the RailSounds sound system brings the Flyer to life with steam chuffing, whistle blowing, and more.
		Our celebrated FT diesel locomotive with two powerful motors leads a matched set of passenger cars.
		The die-cast metal steam locomotive features a powerful puffing smoke unit and the added realism of the RailSounds sound system.
	www.lionel.com /Products/Catalogs/cat-2002-c-1/pgs-8-9.htm (402 words)

	mda Railway Object Name Thesaurus: Alphabetical list - L
		An attachment fitted to the main frames, truck or bogie frame plates or tender frames of a locomotive extending down towards rail level in advance of the leading wheel in order to sweep clear any obstruction that might cause a derailment.
		Locomotives grouped according to any special type of location or environment in which they are designed to operate.
		Locomotives grouped by the method used to transmit power from the primary motive power unit to the wheels.
	www.mda.org.uk /railway/railobjl.htm (4309 words)

	Here are the 2000 New Items from Marklin
		Steam locomotive running sound effects, whistle signal as well as acceleration and braking delay, can be controlled digitally with Control Unit or systems.
		As train loads continuously increased in the early years of the 20th century, the State Railways required stronger and stronger locomotives that could not have axle loads in excess of 16 t.
		In Austria the locomotives were underway until 1957 as class 659.
	www.rjftrains.com /sales/neu05/engines.htm (3410 words)

	Lionel Traditional Steam Locomotives
		Based on the dockside switchers once found on railroads across the country, these new locomotives are built from an all-new design.
		This all-new Lionel locomotive marks the first O gauge model of this steam survivor, Santa Fe #3751.
		From the turret valves to the fully round air cylinders under the running boards, most of the metal piping and appliances are separately applied, even the sand lines.
	www.leetrain.com /traditional_steam_locomotives.htm (2765 words)

	Trix Trains - Big Boy Heavy Freight Locomotive
		Diecast metal locomotive frame, boiler, tender body and tender frame, weight over 2lbs.
		This front view shows the locomotive's proportions and fine detailing.
		Model: Era III, 3 different cars with different lettering, metal frames and floors, sliding doors that can be opened, numerous separately applied details, close coupler mechanism, NEM coupler pockets.
	www.trixtrains.com /bigboy01.html (1055 words)

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