. Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules . FIG. 1—PLATE FIG. 2—PLATE 120. BROOKS TANDEM TYPE. The four-cylinder Brooks compound type locomotivesare called tandems for the reason that both pistons areoperated by the same piston rod, and the high pressurecylinders are ahead of, and connected to, the low pressurecylinders. COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. 267 In the tandem compound the steam does not exhaustfrom the right to the left cylinder, as is the case with thecross compound, but passes from the high pres
. Locomotive text for engineers and firemen; a complete treatise on the engine, electric head-light and standard code of train rules . FIG. 1—PLATE FIG. 2—PLATE 120. BROOKS TANDEM TYPE. The four-cylinder Brooks compound type locomotivesare called tandems for the reason that both pistons areoperated by the same piston rod, and the high pressurecylinders are ahead of, and connected to, the low pressurecylinders. COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. 267 In the tandem compound the steam does not exhaustfrom the right to the left cylinder, as is the case with thecross compound, but passes from the high pressure cylin-der to the low pressure steam-chest on the same side. The valves on the tandem compound are designed forboth inside and outside admission. Plate 121 shows theinside admission for both valves. The steam ports are
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