The development of the steam locomotive: Chairman's address
Speaker: Jim Hindle MIET
The lecture will chart the advances in steam locomotive design and the engineering principals used in development over the last 150 years.
Date 07 October 2009
Time
Lecture 1800hrs
Followed by Past Chairmen's Dinner
Location
Britannia Room
Swallow Hotel
Samlesbury
PRESTON
PR5 0UL
About this event
The lecture will start by showing the developments in design from the 1820s and show how the power of a locomotive is dependent on its ability to make steam. We will progress though the 1800s and show how locomotives got bigger as loads and speeds increased.
In the early 1900s, superheating the steam showed significant improvements in coal & water consumption. This brought requirements for better lubrication, and piston valves started to replace slide vales as the method of admitting steam to the cylinders.
To run non-stop for long distances, most railway companies placed troughs containing water between the rails at intervals of about 60 to 80 miles. A pickup scoop in the tender collected water from the troughs while the train was running at 60 mph.
The later designs of locomotives made maintenance easier, but they were still very labour intensive and hard work for the crew on a long round trip.
Organiser
Jim Hindle
01282 771355
e-mail: Jim Hindle