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   What are the different types of steam locomotives?

   • Variations in this general design include electrically powered boilers, turbines in place of pistons, and using steam generated externally. Steam locomotives were first developed in the United Kingdom during the early 19th century and used for railway transport until the middle of the 20th century.

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   What is a steam locomotive?

   • In fact, entire books have been devoted to the subject. There are two basic areas of activity on a steam locomotive: the boiler where steam is made, and the engine (cylinders, rods, and driving wheels) where steam is used.

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   How many steam locomotives did British Railways use?

   • The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the "Big Four". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.

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   How many driving wheels did a steam locomotive have?

   • The number of coupled drive wheels soon increased. The Rocket had only a single pair of driving wheels, but four coupled wheels soon became common, and eventually some locomotives were built with as many as 14 coupled drivers. Steam-locomotive driving wheels were of various sizes, usually larger for the faster passenger engines.

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   How many steam locomotives were made?

   • According to Wes Barris' authoritative website, SteamLocomotive.com, there were around 25,000 manufactured from the mid-1800's through the following century. The American's Whtye Notation is broken down as follows: "4" lead wheels (two axles), "4" drivers (two axles), and "0" trailing wheels.

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   How many cylinders does a steam locomotive have?

   • Early steam locomotives had two cylinders, one either side, and this practice persisted as the simplest arrangement. The cylinders could be mounted between the mainframes (known as "inside" cylinders), or mounted outside the frames and driving wheels ("outside" cylinders).

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   The most-manufactured single class of steam locomotive in the world is the 0-10-0 Russian locomotive class E steam locomotive with around 11,000 produced both in Russia and other countries such as Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and Poland.

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   All steam powered locomotives have boilers whose water is heated by burning coal, wood or oil until it produces steam. Steam powers reciprocating pistons which in turn – turn the wheels. The first locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom.

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   This category is intended for generic types of steam locomotive e.g. 'Mallet', 'compound', 'Crampton', 'Kriegslok', etc. Individual classes of locomotive should be grouped in the relevant country, company or wheel arrangement category.

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   The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the "Big Four". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and

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   May 16, 2023 · There are two basic areas of activity on a steam locomotive: the boiler where steam is made, and the engine (cylinders, rods, and driving wheels) where steam is used.

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   Oct 10, 2024 · There are three basic types of steam locomotive; non-articulated (rigid frame), duplex (divides the wheels' driving force by utilizing two pairs of cylinders under a single frame), and articulated (featuring a pair of drivers under the boiler, the rear is rigidly mounted while the front pivots to negotiate curves).

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    Steam-locomotive driving wheels were of various sizes, usually larger for the faster passenger engines. The average was about a 1,829–2,032-mm (72–80-inch) diameter for passenger engines and 1,372–1,676 mm (54–66 inches) for freight or mixed-traffic types.