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    A Krauss-Helmholtz bogie (Krauss-Helmholtz-Lenkgestell) is a mechanism used on steam locomotives and some electric locomotives to improve curve running...
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    Bissel bogie Blomberg B Gölsdorf axle Jacobs bogie Krauss-Helmholtz bogie Lateral motion device Mason Bogie Pony truck Rocker-bogie Scheffel bogie Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt...
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    Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt bogie is a further refinement of the Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, whereby two coupled axles and the carrying axle are combined within the bogie. The carrying...
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    as the Prussian T 13 (Hagans variant) Klien-Lindner locomotive Krauss-Helmholtz bogie Luttermöller axle There are several classes of articulated electric...
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  • theoretical work a practical result ensued in 1888: the design of the Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, which saw widespread use on locomotives with carrying wheels -...
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    Palatine P 5 (category Krauss locomotives)
    given a leading Krauss-Helmholtz bogie and a trailing bogie in order to achieve satisfactory weight distribution. The firm of Krauss delivered twelve...
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    coupled axle is known as a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, an invention of Richard von Helmholtz who was the chief designer at the Krauss works in Munich from 1884...
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    DRG Class 98.10 (category Krauss-Maffei locomotives)
    trailing axle, that was linked to the final coupled axle by a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. In 1929 Krauss supplied the first five examples of these machines. In 1930...
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    Heywood radiating axle locomotives Klien-Lindner axle Klose-Lenkwerk Krauss-Helmholtz bogie Lateral motion device Self, Douglas. "The Luttermöller Axle Articulation...
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    Buchli to improve the cornering of the electric locomotives. The Krauss-Helmholtz bogie with its relatively light superstructure was not enough on the winding...
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    A major improvement on the earlier locomotives was the use of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, with the leading pair of driving wheels linked to the leading pony...
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  • Bavarian D X (category Krauss locomotives)
    trailing axle, that was connected to the final coupled axle by a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. In 1890 the first six were built, followed in 1893 by three more...
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  • otherwise identical G 5.4 they had a leading Adams axle instead of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. The delivery of the G 5.5 in 1910 followed directly on from that...
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  • Bavarian E I (category Krauss locomotives)
    axle. The carrying and driving axles were linked together in a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. In addition the outside Walschaerts (Heusinger) valve gear had...
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    Bavarian AA I (category Krauss locomotives)
    Staatsbahn) was built by the firm of Krauss in 1896. It had been designed by chief mechanical engineer, Richard von Helmholtz, as a 4-2-2-2 tender locomotive...
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    installation of axle box tightening wedges and the replacement of the Krauss-Helmholtz bogies. Despite often expressed views to the contrary, the valves were...
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    Two of the driving axles had side play, which was controlled by Krauss-Helmholtz bogies. The experimental Kandó locomotive was MÁV Class V50, built 1923...
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    coupled axles in addition to the Krauss-Helmholtz bogies (according to other sources also a Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt II bogie). The locomotives of the first...
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  • LAG Nos. 87 and 88 (category Krauss-Maffei locomotives)
    and extended it by two carrying axles that were each located in a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. The coupled wheel diameter was increased from 1,006 to 1,100 mm...
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    Bavarian D VIII (category Krauss locomotives)
    based on a suggestion by Richard von Helmholtz, was designed as a trailing axle in the form of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. Thus equipped the locomotives had...
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  • The carrying wheels and first coupled wheels worked together in a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. The design of the Class 83.10 was based on the DR Class 65.10....
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  • 1873–1878 and London & South Western Railway 1878–1895, inventor of Adams bogie William Bridges Adams (1797–1872), author, inventor and locomotive engineer...
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    DRG Class 64 (category Krauss-Maffei locomotives)
    on the DRG Class 24. They had Bissel bogies, apart from the last ten engines which had a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. From no. 64 368 onwards the engines were...
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    Italian bogie: a derivation of the German Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, it was meant to ensure good performance in curves without requiring a four-wheel bogie; it...
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    to what is often stated in the literature, these engines had a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie (just like the Prussian T 9.3). The Reichsbahn took over all 50...
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    called the GtL 4/5, which had a trailing axle in the shape of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. A total of 45 were built between 1930 and 1933. Despite the trailing...
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  • Prussian T 9 (category Krauss locomotives)
    the Prussian T 9.2, in which the main difference was the use of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie instead of an Adams axle. That meant that its top speed could be...
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    Jacobs bogie Krauss-Helmholtz bogie Mason Bogie Pony truck Radial steering truck Scheffel bogie Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt II bogie Other running gear elements...
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  • Palatine T 4.II (category Krauss locomotives)
    coupled wheels were smaller. The rear coupled axle was housed in a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, and the coal tanks were behind the driver's cab. It achieved its...
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    16 tonnes. The carrying axle was linked to the first coupled axle via a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. The axles were located in a plate frame, inside which a well tank...
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