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	* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98472 "Right kind of steel"]		* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98472 "Right kind of steel"]
	* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105120 "Material for crosshead guides", <i>Chaski.org</i>]		* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105120 "Material for crosshead guides", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
			* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109378 "Crosshead Guide Material", <i>Chaski.org</i>]

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	* [http://www.sps700.org/zoldsite/gall0810babbitt.html "Re-Babbitting the crosshead"]		* [http://www.sps700.org/zoldsite/gall0810babbitt.html "Re-Babbitting the crosshead"]
	* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98472 "Right kind of steel"]		* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98472 "Right kind of steel"]
			* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105120 "Material for crosshead guides", <i>Chaski.org</i>]

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	* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm "How Steam Engines Work", <i>HowStuffWorks.com</i>; Nice animation of piston, valve and crosshead action]		* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm "How Steam Engines Work", <i>HowStuffWorks.com</i>; Nice animation of piston, valve and crosshead action]
	* [http://www.sps700.org/zoldsite/gall0810babbitt.html "Re-Babbitting the crosshead"]		* [http://www.sps700.org/zoldsite/gall0810babbitt.html "Re-Babbitting the crosshead"]
			* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98472 "Right kind of steel"]

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	* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98197 "Allen Mogul Crosshead Question", <i>Chaski.org</i>]		* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98197 "Allen Mogul Crosshead Question", <i>Chaski.org</i>]
	* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm "How Steam Engines Work", <i>HowStuffWorks.com</i>; Nice animation of piston, valve and crosshead action]		* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm "How Steam Engines Work", <i>HowStuffWorks.com</i>; Nice animation of piston, valve and crosshead action]
			* [http://www.sps700.org/zoldsite/gall0810babbitt.html "Re-Babbitting the crosshead"]

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	File:Slipper guide crosshead (Heat Engines, 1913).jpg\|A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines.		File:Slipper guide crosshead (Heat Engines, 1913).jpg\|A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines.
	File:Piston steam engine.jpg\|Crosshead of a French locomotive		File:Piston steam engine.jpg\|Crosshead of a French locomotive
			File:Hudswell Clarke Nunlow at Lafarge Hope Cement Works 4.jpg\|Note the brass oil wells on top of the cross slide
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	Crossheads in a steam locomotive can be mounted either to one guide mounted above the crosshead or to two, one above and one below (called an alligator crosshead since it has two "jaws"). The former was preferred in many modern locomotives.		Crossheads in a steam locomotive can be mounted either to one guide mounted above the crosshead or to two, one above and one below (called an alligator crosshead since it has two "jaws"). The former was preferred in many modern locomotives.

			<gallery widths="300px" heights="300px">
			File:Ahrons (1921) Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance Fig39.png\|Crosshead and slide block
			File:Crosshead detail.JPG\|Detail crosshead of a steam locomotive
			File:Cylindrical crosshead (New Catechism of the Steam Engine, 1904).jpg\|Cylindrical crosshead (New Catechism of the Steam Engine, 1904)
			File:Slipper guide crosshead (Heat Engines, 1913).jpg\|A Crosshead of the "slipper" or "shoe guide" form, as used on some stationary engines.
			File:Piston steam engine.jpg\|Crosshead of a French locomotive
			</gallery>

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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[[Category:Steam Locomotive Parts]]

A [[Crosshead|crosshead]] is a mechanism used in most steam locomotives to eliminate sideways pressure on the piston.

Crossheads in a steam locomotive can be mounted either to one guide mounted above the crosshead or to two, one above and one below (called an alligator crosshead since it has two "jaws"). The former was preferred in many modern locomotives.

== External Links ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosshead "Crosshead", Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98197 "Allen Mogul Crosshead Question", Chaski.org]
* [http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm "How Steam Engines Work", HowStuffWorks.com; Nice animation of piston, valve and crosshead action]