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* [http://baltimoreamericanflyerclub.org/files/LBR_Quartering.pdf "The LBR Quartering Tool", PDF] | * [http://baltimoreamericanflyerclub.org/files/LBR_Quartering.pdf "The LBR Quartering Tool", PDF] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0smMBVb-Fs "Quartering Fixture", YouTube] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0smMBVb-Fs "Quartering Fixture", YouTube] | ||
* [http://www.google.bj/patents/US1387533 "Device for quartering driving-wheels of locomotives", US Patent 1,387,533] |
Revision as of 14:33, 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.