These pages attempt to explain the operation of a conventional steam locomotive.
The pages consist of a diagram or animation frame with a text frame below.
It will work best on a full screen display.
Select the topics from the Main Text or the Index panel. The underlined links will bring up the relavent pictures or animations into the top frame
In order to speed up the downloading process of the annimations they are all simple black and white line drawings
Good luck and YOU can find out How Thomas works!