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* [http://www.lner.info/article/tech/compound/boosters.shtml "Boosters", <i>LNER</i>] | * [http://www.lner.info/article/tech/compound/boosters.shtml "Boosters", <i>LNER</i>] | ||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=86855 "Well Folks, Here it is", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=86855 "Well Folks, Here it is", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | ||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=81385 "Help Needed: LS&I Tender w/ Booster Truck", <i>Chaski.org</i>] |
Revision as of 10:04, 14 June 2016
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.
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