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  2. List of British Railways shed codes - Wikipedia

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    1 – 28 London Midland Region. 30 – 41 Eastern Region. 50 – 56 North Eastern Region. 60 – 68 Scottish Region. 70 – 75 Southern Region. 81 – 89 Western Region. Many codes changed as districts were re-organised and as regional boundaries changed over the years. For example, the former LMS shed at Goole was initially 25C as part of the ...

  3. New York City steam system - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 30% of the ConEd steam system's installed capacity and 50% of the annual steam generated comes from cogeneration. [7] Cogeneration and Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG) significantly increase the fuel efficiency of cogenerated electricity and thereby reduce the emission of pollutants, such as NOx, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter, as well as the city's ...

  4. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Also Centering spring cylinder. A cylindrical cast-iron holder in which an adjusting string is placed. Adjusting spring seat A casting, or a part of the bolster of a two-wheel trailing truck, forming a bearing for the end of the adjusting spring. Admission The opening of steam port to admit steam to one end of a cylinder. If the valve has no lead, admission takes place at the moment the piston ...

  5. Steam locomotive components - Wikipedia

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    Steam locomotive components. Main components found on a typical steam locomotive include: enlarge. The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era. Some components shown are not the same as, or are not present, on some locomotives – for example, on smaller or articulated types.

  6. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, Valve announced Steam for Schools, a free function-limited version of the Steam client for schools. [141] It was part of Valve's initiative to support gamification of learning. It was released alongside free versions of Portal 2 and a standalone program called "Puzzle Maker" that allowed teachers and students to create and manipulate ...

  7. GWR 4200 Class 4277 - Wikipedia

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    GWR 4200 Class 4277. GWR 2-8-0T Class 42xx No. 4277 Hercules at Paignton Station on the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Water cap. Great Western Railway (GWR) 4200 Class No. 4277 is a preserved British steam locomotive. In preservation it has carried the name Hercules.

  8. STEAM education - Wikipedia

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    STEAM education is an approach to teaching STEM subjects that incorporates artistic skills like creative thinking and design. [1][2] The name derives from the acronym STEM, with an A added to stand for arts. STEAM programs aim to teach students innovation, to think critically, and to use engineering or technology in imaginative designs or ...

  9. TSS Earnslaw - Wikipedia

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    Complement. 11 crew, 389 passengers. Notes. Coal capacity 14 tons. TSS Earnslaw is a 1912 Edwardian twin screw steamer based at Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. She is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere.