Southern Locomotive Valve Gear, ICS # 2073-2, originally published by International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1945. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2020. 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 24 pages.
Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original. The accompanying pictures were scanned from a reprint, not the original.
As is usual with most correspondence course booklets by the International Correspondence Schools, this is richly illustrated with crisp line drawings. Contents include:
- Construction and Operation
- Arrangement and Detail of Parts
- Radius Hanger
- Transmission Yoke
- Bell-Crank
- Auxiliary Reach Rod
- Movement Imparted by Eccentric Crank
- Extent of Valve Travel
- Actual Movement of Gear
- Ratio of Eccentric Rod
- Reversing
- Principles Involved in Reversing
- Reversing Arrangement
- Valve Movement During Reversal
- Breakdowns
- Broken Eccentric Crank or Eccentric Rod
- Broken Radius Hanger
- Broken Transmission Yoke or Horizontal Arm of Bell-Crank
- Broken Vertical Arm of Bell-Crank
- Broken Main Reach Rod, Auxiliary Reach Rod, or Reversing Shaft Arm
- Setting the Valves
- Links
- Main Reach Rod
- Auxiliary Reach Rod
- Checking Length of Eccentric Crank
- Setting Eccentric Crank
- Adjustment for Still Valve
- Equalizing the Cut-Off
- Back Gear
- Examination Questions