Excerpt from The Locomotive Catechism: With Nearly 1600 Questions and Answers Concerning the Design, Construction, Repair and Running of All Kings of Locomotives; Intended as Examination Questions, and to Post and Remind Engine-Runners, Firemen, and Learners Well, the reason why this is a Catechism instead Of something else shall furnish the reason for the Preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.