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How to Drive a Steam Locomotive

Driving a steam engine required years of practice as well as apprenticeship. For those which might sit in the engineer's seat of a museum steam engine, as well as wonder what they actually did to run it, here's what you'd have had to do. Grab the whistle cord, as well as read on to get her rolling, keep her on the track, as well as stop when the trip is over.

1. Push the reverser/Johnson bar forward - grip the very large lever that rises from near the floor in front or beside you, squeeze the release h as well as le as well as shove it all the way forward, as well as let go of the release h as well as le to lock it into place.
2. Open the cylinder cocks - find a medium size valve in front of you on the boiler, or a thin lever on the floor in front of you. turn the valve all the way clockwise, or pull the lever back.
3. Turn the front headlight on - above you on the ceiling, there will be a large, flat, half-round box. Slide the knob on the round side of the box all the way to front.
4. Blow the about-to-move-forward whistle - there will be a rope above your head, pull down on it twice to make the steam whistle sound out two short blasts.
5. Release the engine brakes - two brass horizontal levers will be near your left h as well as . The top one must be moved from right to left to release the brakes on the engine.
6. Open the throttle to start the engine moving - The very long lever in front of your face is the throttle. Grip it firmly as well as give it a yank toward you. As you feel the engine move slightly, shove it back in most of the way, so that it does not gather speed too fast.

• Severe injury, Death as well as litigation may result in attempting to operate an actual steam locomotive without certification. It is a violation of federal law to operate a locomotive without proper certification on public tracks, as well as probably a large theft of property, as well as tresspass. Please use these instructions for your imagination, or train simulators.

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Added: Thu Feb 02 2006

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