Category:Sandboxes (steam locomotive)

Sandboxes hold sand that may be released under the wheels of a steam locomotive, so as to improve grip in slippery conditions. Originally gravity fed, they later used steam to blast a jet of sand directly underneath the wheel, thus avoiding it being blown off in a crosswind.

Brake vans may also have sandboxes, to assist with grip for braking.

Media in category "Sandboxes (steam locomotive)"

The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.

252008 ČSD 6.jpg 1,704 × 2,272; 930 KB
Big Boy 02142020 pic13.JPG (8d133a5f-462b-4133-9f6f-0feafdb2cd8e).JPG 1,280 × 960; 365 KB
BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 Using sanders to pull away.jpg 2,913 × 1,918; 5.38 MB
Combined splasher and sandbox 488.jpg 819 × 640; 393 KB
Halkihoyrykupu.jpg 2,664 × 1,496; 1.8 MB
Hiekkakupu.jpg 376 × 432; 134 KB
Lokomotive 85007 27.jpg 4,672 × 3,104; 2.26 MB
Mh.6 (399.06) in Gmünd - Detail II.jpg 4,500 × 3,000; 3.44 MB
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) - 757 steam locomotive (S-2 2-8-4) 4 (27025446942).jpg 4,000 × 1,866; 3.62 MB
Sabbiere.jpg 2,856 × 2,142; 1.76 MB
Sand box 2016-10-14 2548.jpg 3,072 × 4,608; 2.95 MB
Sand box 2016-10-14 2568.jpg 3,072 × 4,608; 3.37 MB
Sand box 2016-10-14 2585.jpg 3,072 × 4,608; 3.52 MB
Science of railways (1916) (14761223432).jpg 2,624 × 1,708; 726 KB
SLB Ds 03 Krimml, 2014 (18).JPG 3,776 × 2,520; 3.68 MB
Steam locomotive S sand box.jpg 1,024 × 1,535; 295 KB
Top of Boiler.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.64 MB
W.A. Foster Improvement in the Valves of Locomotive Sand-Boxes - DPLA - ce4097b2c73cd62d5058e8b339d40ed4 (page 1).jpg 3,528 × 5,162; 2.48 MB

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