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Stephenson valve gear

British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 Locomotive no. 44767 showing experimental Stephenson valve gear unusually mounted outside the frames
A simple Stephenson gear in partial cutoff

The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link[1] is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam engines. It is named after Robert Stephenson[2] but was invented by his employees.

  1. ^ Snell, J B (1971). Mechanical Engineering: Railways, Longman & Co, London
  2. ^ "Basic info' on the Stephensons (Fact file 2 of 8)". Archived from the original on 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
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