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Tom Moungovan

January 02, 2013 11:24AM

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Railway locomotive boilers were pretty much constrained to width and length due to clearances, but there were some differences on fireboxes as technology moved forward.

Combustion chambers became popular on medium and larger locomotives where higher steam generation rates were needed to keep up with increasing speeds.

Superheating was the biggest steam advance I believe, followed by feedwater heating, higher pressures and combustion chambers. These certainly are not all of the advances made to the industry though.

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Differences in boiler designs	Kevin S.	January 01, 2013 08:17PM
Re: Differences in boiler designs	nickgully	January 01, 2013 08:33PM
Re: Differences in boiler designs	Jim Grigsby	January 01, 2013 09:28PM
Re: Differences in boiler designs	Bruce R. Pier	January 02, 2013 11:10AM
Re: Differences in boiler designs	Tom Moungovan	January 02, 2013 11:24AM
Re: Differences in boiler designs	Jim Grigsby	January 02, 2013 11:39AM
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