Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives . ,the admission of live steam to the receiver is stoppedDy the closing of the passage H, and the locomotive isin position to work compound. Both valves are of the piston type, with packingrings to prevent leakage. This insures an easy move-ment of the valves, and prevents the hammeringaction common to valves of the poppet type whenautomatically operated. Schenectady Cross Compound. The American Loco-motive Company kindly furnish the fol
Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives . ,the admission of live steam to the receiver is stoppedDy the closing of the passage H, and the locomotive isin position to work compound. Both valves are of the piston type, with packingrings to prevent leakage. This insures an easy move-ment of the valves, and prevents the hammeringaction common to valves of the poppet type whenautomatically operated. Schenectady Cross Compound. The American Loco-motive Company kindly furnish the following descrip-tion of the two-cylinder cross compound engine asbuilt at their Schenectady works. Figure 151. A sectional view through the smokearch and cylinder saddles, showing the steam passages,receiver,and the location of the intercepting valve inthe low-pressure cylinder saddle. Fig. 152. A transverse section through the low-pressure cylinder saddle XYandWZ. Section XYshows the passages for admitting live steam into thelow-pressure cylinder, and section W Z the outletpassage from separate exhaust valve to the exhaustpipe. S1* LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. i:V ,«*: ill ——,^_- *J|tj - • ?
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