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A recording of a mass blow of traction engine steam whistles. The whistle consists of the following main parts, as seen on the drawing: the whistle bell (1), the steam orifice or aperture (2), and the valve (9). When the lever (10) is actuated (usually via a pull cord), the valve opens and lets the steam escape through the orifice. The steam ...
Collects steam at the top of the boiler (well above the water level) so that it can be fed to the engine via the main steam pipe, or dry pipe, and the regulator/throttle valve. [2] [5] [6]: 211–212 [3]: 26 Air pump / Air compressor Westinghouse pump (US+) Powered by steam, it compresses air for operating the train air brake system.
The J. B. Ford at Azcon scrap dock Duluth, MN 27 June 2018 The main steam whistle from the Steamship J. B. Ford. The insert shows a plaque inside the building that tells whom the whistle honors. Guest of the museum may salute passing lake freighters using this whistle. The Harsens Island Historical Society was gifted the whistle in 2017.
One of two (front and rear) whistles on steam locomotive 60163 Tornado. A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a train trumpet or air trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam or gas locomotive, used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers.
The whistle was used to salute the providing ship following underway replenishment. The plume of steam marks the whistle location in this salute following refueling from the guided missile cruiser USS Chicago (CG-11), circa in 1970.
Listening to the York Factory Whistle Concert early Christmas morning has been a tradition for generations. The concert, which features eerie-sounding holiday songs, is set for 12:10 a.m. on Dec ...
A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the Age of Sail on through the Age of Steam , particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed ...
George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was an American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. [2] He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives. [3] In 1842, Tsar Nicholas I hired him to build the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway, Russia's first large-scale ...