1.
What essential footplate SAFETY checks
must be performed before any preparation of the locomotive commences?
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2.
During preparation what checks must be made around the front of the
locomotive?
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3.
What important boiler/firebox inspections must be made before lighting
the fire?
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4.
What is the purpose of the dome on most locomotives?
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5.
Describe in order the cones in a live steam injector, and basically how
it works?
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6.
What is the purpose of STAYS that can be seen in and around the firebox
area?
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7.
When a locomotive has sufficient steam pressure list SEVEN
essential steam tests that must be completed before leaving the shed?
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8.
Describe the operation of a mechanical
lubricator and how oil is supplied to the cylinders?
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9.
During disposal, with the locomotive secure, before commencing to
clean-out the smoke-box what examination must you make?
Describe the method of cleaning?
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10.
What is the ideal water level to be maintained in the boiler when running
and why?
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11.
Describe PRIMING and the bad effect that it has, what causes a locomotive
to prime and the action that must be taken when it occurs?
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12.
What is the purpose of a
superheater? describe the passage of steam from the regulator to the
cylinders? By what term are locomotives not fitted with a superheater known?
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Great Cockcrow Railway
London, England
07/07/2005
Remember always that your personal safety and that of others comes first on the railway.