Wallis and Stevens Ltd
What is your favourite traction engine of all time?
Road locomotives usually had their moving parts covered like tractors, to avoid frightening passing horses when on the highway. They were available as single-cylinder or single-crank compound engines, though the majority were double-crank compounds. The single-crank compound was a Burrell patent design in which the two piston rods were connected to a common crosshead which in turn was connected to a single connecting rod and crank.
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