A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such...
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A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by...
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power levels and would not fit in a standard 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)-wide locomotive frame, or would wear too quickly to be useful. The first successful diesel...
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fitted Locomotive frame, a structure that forms the backbone of a railway locomotive Vehicle frame, to which everything on an automobile is mounted Frame (loudspeaker)...
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A locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather...
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mainline duplex drive steam locomotive under construction in the United States. With an estimated completion by 2030, the locomotive will become the 53rd example...
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articulated extension of the locomotive frame. The result was an ash pan that could hold more ash, allowing the locomotive to travel farther between cleanings...
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mounted in the frame (Mallet locomotive), superheated steam, four-cylinder machine, compound (double steam expansion), tank locomotive, for freight trains...
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Main components found on a typical steam locomotive include: The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era...
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steering loads. Bicycle frame Body-on-frame Chassis Coachbuilder Locomotive frame Monocoque Motorcycle frame C-channel "Body on frame vs. Unibody: Pros and...
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pairs of cylinders rigidly mounted to a single locomotive frame; it is not an articulated locomotive. The concept was first used in France in 1863, but was...
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each drive axle on a locomotive is free to move about one inch (2.5 cm) vertically relative to the frame, with the locomotive weight carried on springs...
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LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado (redirect from 60163 (locomotive))
Force presented the Tornado nameplates to the trust at Tyseley Locomotive Works at a frame laying ceremony. The smokebox door carries the identification...
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The Bury Bar Frame locomotive was an early type of steam locomotive, developed at the Liverpool works of Edward Bury and Company, later named Bury, Curtis...
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locomotive is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies. It was invented by Robert Francis Fairlie. The locomotive...
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water storage. Articulation permits locomotives to negotiate curves that might restrict large rigid-framed locomotives. The design also provides more driving...
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of the Engerth design was an articulated tender as part of the main locomotive frame. Some of the weight of the tender therefore rested on the driving wheels...
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A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines...
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Rigid-framed electric locomotives were some of the first generations of electric locomotive design. When these began the traction motors of these early...
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Cowcatcher (redirect from Pilot (locomotive))
coupler. Its purpose is to prevent colliding locomotives from riding up and moving over the locomotive frame through the cab. Bullbar Buffer (rail transport)...
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Milwaukee Road class EP-2 (redirect from Bipolar (locomotive))
bipolar motors, because each of the locomotive's 12 motors had only two field poles, mounted directly to the locomotive frame beside the axle. The motor armature...
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Footplate (redirect from Gangway (locomotive))
rests on top of the locomotive frame, usually it is covered with wooden floorboards. It takes up the full width of the locomotive cab, and in depth it...
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AAR wheel arrangement (redirect from D-D locomotive)
The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads...
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driving wheels of the locomotive with a diameter of 1550 mm were located in one rigid frame. Working drawings of the new locomotive were already drawn up...
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chassis Body-on-frame Bogie Coachbuilder Locomotive frame Monocoque, construction from a structural shell instead of a structural frame Undercarriage (disambiguation)...
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Whyte notation (redirect from 4w (locomotive))
is a classification method for steam locomotives, and some internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives, by wheel arrangement. It was devised...
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powered units, the traction motors Bicycle frame Container chassis Locomotive bed Locomotive frame Motorcycle frame This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Semmering railway (section Locomotives)
locomotive. The Engerth design articulated the tender with the main locomotive frame, allowing some of the weight of the fuel and water to be carried on...
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The Adler (German for "Eagle") was the first locomotive that was successfully used commercially for the rail transport of passengers and goods in Germany...
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Gölsdorf axle (redirect from Goelsdorf locomotive)
transversely, all within a single, rigid locomotive frame. The system was invented by a young Austrian locomotive builder, Karl Gölsdorf, around the end...
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