GWR Mechanical Institute Papers

Swindon Engineering Society

Below are downloads technical papers written for the GWR Mechanical institute on locomotive matters.

• Arrangement of Locomotive Cylinders

• Assembly of Locomotive Parts

• Boilermaking

• Brakes for Long Goods Trains

• Brakes for Modern Express Passenger Trains

• Compound Locomotive & Their Work

• Favourable Points in Four Cylinder Locomotive Design

• Injectors and Feed Pumps for Locomotives

• Locomotive Balancing

• Locomotive Boiler Design

• Locomotive Boiler Washing

• Locomotive Cranks and Axles

• Locomotive Erecting

• Locomotive Proportion and Performance

• Locomotive Smokeboxes

• Locomotive Steam Chests and Valves

• Lubrication and Lubricants in Railway Practise

• Mineral Oils and Lubrication

• Practical Setting of Locomotive Valves

• Railway Brakes

• Recent Developments in Cylinder Lubrication

• Selection and Improvement of Water for Boiler Purposes

• Smoke-Box Design

• Steam Power

• Stephenson versus Walschaerts Valve Gear

• Superheating

• The Evolution of the Locomotive

• The Lubrication of Prime Movers

• The Mechanical Aspect of the Cylinder Lubrication Problem

• The Modern 3-Cylinder Locomotive

• The Origin, Formation and Characteristics of Coal

• The Practical Working of a Locomotive

• The Steam Injector

• The Steam Locomotive-A Machine of Precision

• The Work of a Running Department

• Valve Motion Developments