Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 1956
Date 23-Aug
Volume 115
Issue 2,883
Page 282
Category Locomotive
Part
Title Facts About 'Tugboat Annie'
Author LBSC
Notes Misconceptions and valve gear. Officials' comments, easy maintenance, unit valve gears, valve gear on W. van Brocklin's 4-4-0, the Holcroft gear, cause of valve failure, enomous strain, negligible wear, a word with Mr. Coffin, 110 lb. per minute, the Holcroft valve gear on Tugboat Annie, a modernised American 4-4-0