Vauclain compound Engine 618 of the Canada Atlantic RailwayBaldwin Works high-speed 2-4-2 locomotiveWAGR Ec class showing typical application of Vauclain compound system; note connection of both cylinders to crosshead and the valve chamber inboard of the high-pressure cylinder
The Vauclain compound was a type of compound steam locomotive that was briefly popular from the early 1890’s to the mid-1900’s. Developed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, it featured two pistons moving in parallel, driving a common crosshead and controlled by a common valve gear using a single, complex piston valve.
The Vauclaincompound was a type of compound steam locomotive that was briefly popular from the early 1890’s to the mid-1900’s. Developed by the Baldwin...
these are usually referred to as "cross-compound" designs, and there are many variations (Mallet-1; Vauclain; Von Borries-1; Lindner; Gölsdorf-1; Herdner)...
that the original locomotives were rebuilt as Vauclaincompounds in 1893. Over time, the Vauclaincompound technology made the locomotives notoriously difficult...
groups being set at 90° to each other. In one case (the first type of Vauclaincompound), the pistons worked in the same phase driving a common crosshead...
groups being set at 90° to each other. In one case (the first type of Vauclaincompound), the pistons worked in the same phase driving a common crosshead...
the mines. This locomotive is most particular for its use of the VauclainCompound Engine. Built in 1912 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, this engine was...
(classes A2 and A2-a) were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and were Vauclaincompound locomotives with 84 inches (2.13 m) drivers. The third batch (A2-b)...
locomotives List of Baldwin diesel locomotives Samuel M. Vauclain Designer and railway pioneer Vauclaincompound Whitcomb Locomotive Works "Pennsylvania Historical...
not fitted from new) Class A was the 4-4-2 type. Class B was for Vauclaincompound 4-6-0s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Most were rebuilt as simple...
and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW). The K-27s were built as Vauclaincompounds, with two cylinders on each side, expanding the steam once in the...
1901 for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It started out as a Vauclaincompound locomotive before it was rebuilt into a conventional locomotive in...
The WAGR Ec class was a class of 4-6-2 heavy passenger and goods Vauclaincompound locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways...
Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1901 as a class B4 four-cylinder Vauclaincompound locomotive for the Milwaukee Road who numbered it 385. It was renumbered...
used the Interstates for short-distance transportation of goods, which compounded the company's competition for transportation business, forcing it into...
Museum, Golden, CO Originally named "John Hulbert"; rebuilt as a Vauclaincompound and numbered #1 in 1893; operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from...
1939 5 Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 Tank locomotive 1900 17684 Vauclaincompound formerly permanently coupled with #6; sold to Lystul-Lawson Logging...
Southern Pacific Railroad in November 1901. Originally equipped with Vauclaincompound cylinders, it was rebuilt with conventional cylinders in 1912. It...
Baldwin a year later these engines were equipped with a four-cylinder Vauclaincompound engine, on which the high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders were...
of its arrival, it was the largest engine in the country. It was a Vauclaincompound, and its trailing truck bore similarities to the Q class, the world's...
at NVR's Overton Station) Frames scrapped in 2021 Danish Pacific Vauclaincompound, DSB No. 996 built by Frichs in the 1950s. Trains portal England portal...
wheel arrangement, with four cylinders arranged according to the Vauclaincompound system of propulsion. The maker's number was 17396 and the pattern...
The JGR Class 3380 consisted of four Vauclaincompound 2-6-2T wheel arrangement steam locomotives of the Japanese Government Railways. They were built...
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