Wheels
What regulates when steam enters the cylinders to push the pistons and when exhaust steam is released?
What are the cylinders?
What fuel sources are needed to power a steam locomotive?
What is Coal, Water, Wood, Coke, or Oil?
What year was the first steam locomotive invented?
What is 1804?
Locomotives with a crane mounted on the tanks or cab. They are used in shunting yards to carry heavy items in the yard, and rerail derailed trucks/wagons.
What are Crane Tanks?
0-6-0
Switcher or Six Coupled
What attaches a siderod to a wheel, and also influences a locomotive’s strength and speed due to its positioning.
What is a crankpin?
Fuel sources are shoveled into the?
What is a firebox?
Who invented the first steam locomotive?
Who was Richard Trevithick?
Locomotives are versatile engines designed to handle both passenger and freight duties on railways
What are Mixed Traffic Engines?
4-4-0
1. Theoretically, bigger driving wheels would increase:
2. Theoretically, smaller driving wheels would increase:
1. Speed
2. Strength
What is a component which is a cylindrical container with a series of hundreds of tubes?
What is a boiler?
What was the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph?
What is the LNER A1 - Flying Scotsman?
What type of Tank engines are designed to travel across public roads?
What are tram engines?
4-6-2
What is a pacific?
What were the size of the wheels of L’Aigle's wheels?
What is 9'4"?
What "pumps" water from the tender/tanks to the boiler?
What is an injector?
What is the fastest steam locomotive in the world, and what was its top speed?
What is the LNER A4 - Mallard?
Articulated steam locomotives designed to pull heavy trains around tighter bends, and/or up inclines?
What are Garrat Locomotives?
2-8-2
What is a Mikado?
How do leading and trailing wheels help a locomotive?
Leading Wheels - Help guide the locomotives on curves and inclines, and helps reduce weight from the driving wheels.
Trailing wheels - Helps alleviate weight from the driving wheels, helps aid with a smoother ride
What term is used to "measure" a locomotive's power?
What is "tractive effort?"
What was the name of the first steam locomotive?
What was the Penydarren?
What are the 5 primary Tank Engine Types?
*Back tanks (also accepted)
4-8-2
What is a Mountain?