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Ashton safety valve circular #56A
Ashton Valve circular #C2
Train Shed Encyclopedia #40 reprinted from 1927.
Almost all Ashton products were built to be repaired. No throwaway's here. Instruction book #17, Railroad Edition supplied breakdowns and repair parts for most of them.
More from the Instruction book.
The company's phone number in 1890 and telegraphic code in London from 1899
In the past when steam trains let off excess steam at a station the noise could be extremely loud. The city of Boston looked into this problem as the complaints mounted up. Ashton Valve came up with a solution that proved very popular with the Train companies. A muffler! Same idea as on automobiles. And the blow back valves actually saved steam that used to be wasted.
The state of Massachusetts looked into the noise problem of steam locomotives and here's a copy of a report.
The Ashton catalogs not only had new products and the regular offerings but always a firm statement of the company's purpose and intent. They make for interesting reading.
First up, the 1896 catalog.
An early form of a pressure gauge was a U shaped gauge. Here's a picture.
Information on the Utica gauge, another "old " style gauge mentioned in the above article.
Another RR item, the Wheel Press Recording Gauge
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