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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine "Booster engine", <i>Wikipedia</i>] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booster_engine "Booster engine", <i>Wikipedia</i>] | ||
* [http://www.lals.org/galleries/BLSMeet_1975/content/Page_81_large.html Fred Smith's 1-1/2 inch scale Booster engine at LALS BLS Meet 1975] | * [http://www.lals.org/galleries/BLSMeet_1975/content/Page_81_large.html Fred Smith's 1-1/2 inch scale Booster engine at LALS BLS Meet 1975] | ||
* [http://www.steamlocomotive.com/appliances/booster.php "Steam Locomotive Booster"] | |||
* [http://www.chaski.org/railfan/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=197&start=0 "Trailing Truck Booster Engines", <i>Chaski Railfan</i>] | |||
* [http://www.lner.info/article/tech/compound/boosters.shtml "Boosters", <i>LNER</i>] | |||
Revision as of 16:47, 24 July 2014
A booster engine for steam locomotives is a small two-cylinder steam engine back-gear-connected to the trailing truck axle on the locomotive or, if none, the lead truck on the tender. A rocking idler gear permits it to be put into operation by the engineer. It would drive one axle only and could be non-reversible with one idler gear or reversible with two idler gears.