A Bissell or Bissel truck (also Bissel bogie or pony truck) is a single-axle bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it...

Flexicoil trucks. On a steam locomotive, the leading and trailing wheels may be mounted on bogies like Bissel trucks (also known as pony trucks). Articulated...

and along the boiler tubes (28).: 32  Pilot truck, Pony truck (US+) Leading bogie / Lead truck / Bissel truck (UK+) Wheels at the front of the locomotive: 62 ...

a 2-10-4 locomotive has two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a Bissel truck, ten coupled driving wheels on five axles, and four trailing wheels on...

1896 and 1901. They had a very short coupled wheelbase, with a trailing Bissel truck to carry weight. They were built in three batches of 1, 9 and 10; their...

bogies, each having three driving axles guided at the outer end by a Bissel truck.[clarification needed] The locomotive superstructure has a semi-streamlined...

caused by the type of coil suspension and steadying springs used on the Bissel truck and bogie axles, which caused adverse springing on poor track. These...

outside frames and Cartazzi axleboxes. The rear axle was an inside-framed Bissel truck, pivoted ahead of the leading axle. The high pressure necessitated compound...

from the 2-8-0 class 740, with the same dimensions but adding a rear Bissel truck to support the coal bunker behind the cab to make it a 2-8-2. The Japanese...

the axle load to below 11 tons for the coupled wheels, and the fitted Bissel truck improved curvature on bends. The locomotives were also equipped with...

modified to a 2-6-4 Adriatic wheel arrangement. With an improved design of bissel truck, two more CGR locomotives which were ordered from Kitson and Company...

consisted of two bogies. In both bogies two drive-axles, one idle-axle in a Bissel truck and a jackshaft were installed. The idle-axles had a side-play of 2x70...

locomotives, their leading wheels were mounted in a Krauss-Helmholtz Bissel truck which was arranged in front instead of to the rear of the cylinders....

Stephenson Walschaerts Bogie types AAR type A switcher truck Arnoux system Articulated bogie Bissel truck Blomberg B Cleminson system Grovers bogie Jacobs bogie...

The boiler pressure was 120 psi (830 kPa), the front wheels were on a Bissel truck and fitted with 40 cubic feet (1.1 m3) bunker. As they were intended...

The 2-foot-6-inch (762 mm) diameter leading wheels were arranged in a Bissel truck, the springs of which were compensated to the heading pair of driving...

consisted of two bogies. Each had two drive axles, one idle axle in a Bissel truck, and a jackshaft. The idle axles had a side play of 2x70 mm relative...

with a variable Lemaître exhaust, and an ACFI feedwater heater The lead bissel truck was of the Nord pattern, with a lateral displacement of ±65 millimetres...

emergency of having faster and cheaper trains, he invented a simple bissel truck system to replace Mogul 130 in steam locomotives ( « Carrello Italiano »)...

The boiler pressure was 120 psi (830 kPa), the front wheels were on a Bissel truck and fitted with 40 cubic feet (1.1 m3) bunker. As they were intended...

of the leading Bissel truck necessitated certain proportions to suit the ten-coupled wheel arrangement, but the trailing Bissel truck was similar to that...

by a PLM three-ring type. They had carrying wheels at both ends, in Bissel trucks of "Est" type allowing lateral movement of ±90 mm. Only the driving...

windscreens. The Class 4E had a 1Co+Co1 wheel arrangement, with an additional bissel truck at the outer end of each of the two three-axle powered bogies. The Classes...

Locomotive Works. Their American origin showed in their being fitted with a Bissel truck instead of the Italian bogie widespread in Italy, and with the locomotives...

bogie had a side-play of 8 inches (203 millimetres) while the trailing Bissel truck had a side-play of 9+3⁄8 inches (238 millimetres). The engines from Beyer...

weight of the firebox. Unlike usual practice, they were not arranged as a bissel truck, but the outside axle boxes worked in hornblocks bolted to the frames...

rather than the carrying axles being articulated as single axle pony or Bissel trucks. This configuration was already used successfully on the electrified...

arranged to carry the spring gear and other fittings for the trailing Bissel truck. The locomotives were superheated and had Walschaerts valve gear, controlled...

1910, were modified to a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement by having trailing bissel trucks added below their cabs to improve their stability when hauling fast...

William H. Hudson, with his truck design innovations and his patented compensated springing throughout from the front bissel truck to the driving wheel springs...