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Smokebox — A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive. Smoke and hot gases pass from the firebox through tubes where they pass heat to the surrounding water in the boiler. The smoke then enters the smokebox, and is exhausted to the… … Wikipedia
smokebox — noun 1》 a smoke producing oven for smoking food. 2》 the chamber in a steam engine or boiler between the flues and the funnel or chimney stack. 3》 another term for smoker (in sense 4) … English new terms dictionary
smokebox — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a chamber in a steam boiler between the flues or flue tubes and the chimney or smokestack … Useful english dictionary
Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… … Wikipedia
SR Merchant Navy class — SR Merchant Navy class[1] Official Southern Railway photograph of 21C1 Channe … Wikipedia
N441 — The N441 project intends to build a Victorian Railways N class steam locomotive out of the frame of a K class locomotive. The project is being carried out by the Locomotive Restoration Group based out of the Newport railway workshops in Victoria … Wikipedia
N441 - Steam Locomotive Project — The N441 project intends to build a Victorian Railways N class steam locomotive out of the frame of a K class locomotive. The project is being carried out by the Locomotive Restoration Group based out of the Newport railway workshops in Victoria … Wikipedia
Superheater — See superheating for the physics process. General arrangement of a superheater installation in a steam locomotive … Wikipedia
Blastpipe — The blastpipe is part of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the fire. History The primacy of discovery of the effect of directing the… … Wikipedia
PRR M1 — Pennsylvania Railroad M1 PRR M1a on display at the 1939 World s Fair. Pipe on the smokebox and box behind stack are components of the feedwater heater. Power type Steam Builder PRR Altoona Works … Wikipedia
