Smoke deflectors information

Smoke deflectors, sometimes called "blinkers" in the UK because of their strong resemblance to the blinkers used on horses, and "elephant ears" in US railway...

smoke deflectors were introduced due to drifting smoke obscuring the crew's forward vision. The first locomotive to be fitted with smoke deflectors from...

subjected to smoke deflection experiments in 1926, becoming the first British class of steam locomotive to be fitted with smoke deflectors. Maunsell's...

soft exhaust and smoke drift that tended to obscure the driver's forward vision. The remedy was found in the German-type smoke deflectors fitted at the end...

large Wagner smoke deflectors, which had been fitted from 01 077 onwards. (Earlier models were also refitted with Wagner type deflectors later). This...

Using a smoke deflector was never a tradition of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Prior to S2 #6200, there were only three K4s-installed smoke deflectors between...

of smoke deflectors were tried on various locomotives to stop drifting smoke obscuring the crew's forward vision, the straight sided smoke deflectors were...

fitted with Wagner-type smoke deflectors, but the last two, which were equipped with roller bearings, had Witte-type deflectors. The class's nickname was...

after testing. One final short-term experiment was the fitting of smoke deflectors on locomotive 4019, similar to those found on the railroad's FEF Series...

acquired a double chimney in March 1941 and because of drifting smoke acquired smoke deflectors in September 1945 before being painted in postwar LMS black...

Rathmore LMS crimson lake, with smoke deflectors R311 5541 Duke of Sutherland LMS crimson lake, with smoke deflectors R324 45519 Lady Godiva BR black...

into the smoke deflectors replacing the original handrails after a major derailment, to improve forward visibility. Some of these deflectors subsequently...

smoke deflector fin on the top. Although criticised, the funnel design proved to be highly effective in keeping smoke off the rear decks. The smoke deflectors...

featured some substitution of wood for steel parts like running boards, smoke deflectors and tender coal bunkers. A total of 1,115 D51s were built, the largest...

view from the cab. The solution to this was to fit small Witte-type smoke deflectors of the German pattern. Many double chimney installations, at least...

colonial ascidian, sea squirt, found off the Cape Peninsula, South Africa Smoke deflectors on steam locomotives may be called "elephant ears" in US railway slang...

on some engines, including an ejector similar to the giesl type and smoke deflectors. One unit was used as a test bed for a 'Gas Producer Combustion System'...

at a cost of $100,000. These locomotives were originally built with smoke deflectors, a single air compressor mounted on their pilot deck, and a metal sky-lining...

improvements, such as the fitting of cross-compound air compressors, smoke deflectors and a new welded tender tank which incorporated a self-trimming coal...

the box spring of a bed An apron or skirt for a Countertop or Trunk Smoke deflectors on a steam locomotive Skirt installed on an Automotive Bumper Valance...

cause the smoke and steam to drift into the driver's forward vision. The solution came in the form of narrow German-style smoke deflectors, which somewhat...

minor modifications over the years. The first ten were built without smoke deflectors, but these were added from August 1931, and the remaining thirty were...

piston rods, and crossheads. No. 613 was also fitted with experimental smoke deflectors. Despite having a smaller heating surface than the earlier class J-3s...

gauge class YG 2-8-2 no. 4288, built by Nippon in 1956, departs from Gorakhpur with an evening train. These locomotives usually carried smoke deflectors...

extensively with its K4s fleet, trying out streamlining, poppet valves, smoke deflectors, driving wheel types and others. Several K4 locomotives had streamlining...

class were made by Maunsell during the mid-1930s with the provision of smoke deflectors. With their 21 × 28 inch cylinders allied with 6 ft 0 in driving wheels...