A crank axle is a crankshaft which also serves the purpose of an axle. It is used on steam locomotives with inside cylinders.
Read more about this topic: Crank (mechanism)
Famous quotes containing the words crank and/or axle:
“The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“The Star that bids the Shepherd fold,
Now the top of Heav’n doth hold,
And the gilded Car of Day,
His glowing Axle doth allay
In the steep Atlantick stream,”
—John Milton (1608–1674)