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In an outside cylinder locomotive, the position of the driving wheels is _________

(a) Outside cylinder

(b) Inside cylinder

(c) Down to cylinder

(d) Above the cylinder

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This intriguing question comes from Partial Balancing of Locomotives topic in chapter Balancing of Reciprocating Masses of Machine Dynamics

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The correct answer is (b) Inside cylinder

Easiest explanation: In an outside cylinder locomotive, the two cylinders are placed outside the two driving wheels at an angle of 90 degrees to each other.

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