smokeboxes
Engine exhaust chambers
Smokeboxes is the plural of smokebox, a chamber at the front of a steam locomotive where exhaust gases collect before being expelled through the chimney.
The smokebox creates the draft that draws air through the firebox and boiler tubes: The engineer opened the smokebox door to clear accumulated ash.
Fuel-burning enclosure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- flueChimney's inner passage
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- ashpanContainer for burnt residue
superheater · regulator · cylinder · piston · exhaust · draft · injector · throttle
Carbon from incomplete burning
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- clinkerFused coal residue
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
carbon · ash · coking · smolder · ignite · heat exchange · airflow · ventilation
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- historicOf lasting significance
- vintageQuality from past eras
- VictorianOf a prim era
Edwardian · museum · enthusiast · heritage railway · nostalgia · antique · classic · memorabilia
firebox
Fuel-burning enclosure
ashpan · superheater · regulator · cylinder · piston · exhaust · draft · injector · throttle · tender
soot
Carbon from incomplete burning
particulates · carbon · ash · coking · smolder · ignite · heat exchange · airflow · ventilation · blower
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- historicOf lasting significance
- vintageQuality from past eras
Victorian · Edwardian · museum · enthusiast · heritage railway · nostalgia · antique · classic · memorabilia · period