. American engineer and railroad journal . *! • - & Wik rJ -Li 1/ J I I* L • CYLINDERS OF BALANCED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE.—ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RT. In the design of the Walschaert valvegear as applied to a balanced compoundlocomotive, it is unadvisable to place thevalve chamber in a position to have thewhole motion in practically one verticalplane, as can be done with a simple en-gine, and hence the motion is transmittedfrom the top of the combination lever toa rocker arm, supported just back of thecylinders, the inside arm of which ope-rates the valve rod through a crossheadconn
. American engineer and railroad journal . *! • - & Wik rJ -Li 1/ J I I* L • CYLINDERS OF BALANCED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVE.—ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RT. In the design of the Walschaert valvegear as applied to a balanced compoundlocomotive, it is unadvisable to place thevalve chamber in a position to have thewhole motion in practically one verticalplane, as can be done with a simple en-gine, and hence the motion is transmittedfrom the top of the combination lever toa rocker arm, supported just back of thecylinders, the inside arm of which ope-rates the valve rod through a crossheadconnection. The illustration shows themethod of connecting the reverse mechan-ism, which employs two reverse shafts,one placed just above the link and sup-ported from the guide yoke, and the otheron the frame back of the main
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