Pittsfield High School's boiler project is underway and the school will have heating upgrades for the winter season. The ...

The boiler of the locomotive drawing the train bursted with a fearful explosion, killing the engineer, GEORGE DOUGHERTY, fearfully mangling the fireman, and also killing a stranger who was riding ...

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A locomotive engineer is seen on Union Pacific’s No. 4014 “Big Boy,” Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Hempstead. Big Boy, making its ...

Steam passing from the boiler to the engine or turbine flows ... The superheater equipment described above is manufactured by the Locomotive Superheater Company, 30 Church Street, New York ...

G is the smoke box attached to the cylin drical part of a locomotive boiler; B are the ase so formed is from 4 to 8 inches high, ac cording to the size of the smoke box, and is perforated with as ...

Unequal expansion and contraction are also, doubtless, as much promoted in a boiler but half bricked in, as in a tubular or locomotive boiler with its varying diameters and position of shell and ...

Boilers and furnaces use fuel or electricity to heat a building, but they work differently. Here's what you need to know ...

No, it’s an entirely new design with nothing in common with the locomotives of the past, as [Terrier55Stepney] tells us in the video below the break. Gone is the huge boiler and reciprocating ...

Tickets are on sale now for an event Oct. 18-19 where you can tour the shop, see the locomotives up close and even ride in a ...

“Under accusations of recruiting athletes from boiler shops, the 'Boilermakers' name is adopted for Purdue’s athletic teams. An 85,000-pound Schenectady No. 1 Locomotive engine is purchased.” Per ...

The loco had four smaller-than-normal diesel traction ... though, and after a heating boiler fire, it was withdrawn and scrapped in the early 1960s. The film below the break is a fascinating ...