CHAPTER IV

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

The earliest railroad, p. 119--The substitution of flanged

wheels for flanged rails, p. 120--The locomotive of Richard

Trevithick, p. 121--The cable road of Chapman, p. 123--Stephenson

solves the problem, p. 124--Versatility of Stephenson, p.

125--His early locomotives, p. 126--Stephenson's locomotive of

1825, p. 127--The first passenger coach, p. 128--The Liverpool

and Manchester Railway projected, p. 129--Conditions named

for testing the competing locomotives, p. 130--The _Rocket_

and other contestants, p. 132--Description of the _Rocket_,

p. 133--Improvements on the construction of the _Rocket_, p.

134--Improvements in locomotives in recent years, p. 135--The

compound locomotive, p. 137--Advantages of compound locomotives,

p. 138--The Westinghouse air brake, p. 141--The "straight air

brake," p. 143--The automatic air brake, p. 144--The high-speed

air brake, p. 146--Automatic couplings, p. 147--Principle of the

Janney coupling, p. 149--A comparison--the old and the new, p.

150.

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