Points out difficulty of securing adequate steam and exhaust-port area on modern locomotives having large cylinders; proposed solution to difficulty lies in so arranging valve gears as to permit of greater valve travel. Paper presented before Can. Ry. Club.


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    Title :

    Diameter and travel ratios for locomotive valves and cylinders


    Additional title:

    Ry. Rev


    Contributors:
    Young, O.W. (author)

    Published in:

    Railway Review ; 66 , n 23


    Publication date :

    1920


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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