...that hammer blow, also called dynamic augment, refers to the vertical forces transferred to the track by the
driving wheels of a
steam locomotive, due to the unbalanced reciprocating motion as well as piston thrusts, which cannot be compensated for by a counterweight?
...that the Flaman Speed Indicator and Recorder, a device
patented in 1901 by Nicolas Charles Eugène Flaman of
France, enabled locomotive speed to be immediately indicated as well as recorded to paper tape for later study?
...that the
Tasmanian Government RailwaysK Class of 1909 was the world's first
Garratt-type articulated locomotive, and the original prototype locomotive K 1 has survived into preservation and has returned to operating condition?
...that a number of
Australia's
National Rail CorporationNR class locomotives, which are used to haul transcontinental freight and passenger services including The Ghan and the Indian Pacific, have received special
liveries for passenger services while three locomotives have been painted in unique designs by
indigenous artists?
...that a Forney locomotive, a
patented design of
0-4-4tank locomotive in which the water tank is stored behind the cab rather than above or beside the
boiler, had the advantage of a constant
axle load on the
driving wheels compared to other tank locomotive designs where axle load varied according to how much water remained in the tanks?
...that the Gresley conjugated valve gear is a type of
valve gear for
steam locomotives, designed by
Sir Nigel Gresley and Harold Holcroft, which enables a three-
cylinder locomotive to operate with only two sets of valve gear for the outside cylinders, using levers connected to them to derive the valve motion for the third cylinder?
...that Uganda Railways Corporation, the parastatal railway of
Uganda, was a joint recipient of the 2001 Worldaware Business Award for "assisting economic and social development through the provision of appropriate, sustainable and environmentally complementary transport infrastructure"?
...that
Deutsche Bundesbahn's class V 200diesel-hydraulic locomotive was driven by twin
V12 engines supplied by
Maybach or
MAN, and due to both designs being completely interchangeable, it was not unusual for a V200 to run with one Maybach and one MAN engine?
...that a compound locomotive is a kind of
steam locomotive where steam is expanded twice by passing it through high and low pressure
cylinders in series, resulting in increased efficiency and in many cases, superior riding qualities with consequent less wear on the track?