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* [http://www.wwfry.org/pics/SteamLocomotiveQuartering.pdf "Steam Locomotive Quartering", PDF]
* [http://www.wwfry.org/pics/SteamLocomotiveQuartering.pdf "Steam Locomotive Quartering", PDF]
* [http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Wheel_quartering.html "Wheel Quartering", Martin A. Barker]
* [http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Wheel_quartering.html "Wheel Quartering", Martin A. Barker]
* [http://baltimoreamericanflyerclub.org/files/LBR_Quartering.pdf "The LBR Quartering Tool", PDF]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0smMBVb-Fs "Quartering Fixture", YouTube]

Revision as of 14:23, 7 October 2014


Quartering is the setting of the wheels of a two or four cylinder locomotive to ensure that the crankpins on one side are at 90° to those on the other, in order to ensure self-starting.

Boring Crankpin Holes in the Quartering Machine. From "Locomotive Building"

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