Running Gear
sometimes known as "whyte's classification", this how typical steam locomotives are described by number and type of wheels.
What is wheel arrangement?
The long, cylindrical portion of the boiler.
What is the boiler barrel?
What is this Cab Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9xRvTFcrE&t=262s time 21:28
What is the whistle cord?
any track that has a distance between the rails less than the standard 56-1/2".
What is narrow gauge?
This was one large Colorado narrow gauge railroad's new name after reorganizing in 1924.
What is the Denver and Rio Grande Western?
The part on a locomotive where the frame rests on the wheelsets and the axle receives lubrication.
What is a journal box?
The top of the external firebox.
What is the wrapper sheet?
What is this Cab Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9xRvTFcrE&t=262s time 19:14
What is the throttle
an early type of railroad signal that used a mechanically driven arm to provide indications to an engineer
What is a semaphor?
This railroad laid the eastern portion of the first Transcontinental Railroad across the United States.
What is the Union pacific Railroad?
The large rod that connects the main crank with the wrist pin that actually provides the motion.
What is the main rod?
The front of the external portion of the firebox.
What is the throat sheet?
A sign placed at railroad crossings in the shape of an X with the words "Railroad Crossing" on it.
What is a Crossbuck
A rail line owned by the Colorado & Southern railroad that ran over the mountain pass of the same name from Denver, CO to Como, CO. The Denver side of the pass featured steep grades and sharp curves that required frequent use of helper locomotives
What is Kenosha Pass?
The curved part in Walschaerts valve gear that rocks back and forth and provides the geometry for the radius rod to move in
What is the expansion link?
Per the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), The minimum anywhere in the boiler is 4.
What is the boiler's safety factor?
What is this Cab Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP9xRvTFcrE&t=262s time 8:59
What is the deck hose?
A wayside structure, typically a prefabricated metal building, that houses signaling equipment such as relays and vital processors.
What is a signal bungalow?
A conflict between the D&RG and the Santa Fe that involved actual gunfighting over which railroad got to build the route.
What is the Royal Gorge War?
Water lines that run from the boiler to the journal boxes used in emergencies to put out journal fires.
What are Keely Lines?
Special fittings that can be removed to perform a 30 day boiler inspection and cleaning.
What are washout plugs?
What is the condenser valve on a hydro static lubricator?
A special type of fitting that electrically connects a large cable to the web of rail for signal of return current purposes.
What is cembre?
A locomotive purchased by Robert W. Richardson from the Montezuma Lumber Company in 1950 for $1000.
What is the D&RGW 346?