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    Karl Gölsdorf (8 June 1861 – 18 March 1916) was an Austrian engineer and locomotive designer. Karl Gölsdorf was born on 8 June 1861 in Vienna, the son...
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    The Gölsdorf axle system is used on railway Gölsdorf locomotives to achieve quiet running and low wear-and-tear when negotiating curves. The axle system...
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  • Gölsdorf may refer to: Louis Adolf Gölsdorf (1837–1911), Austrian engineer and locomotive designer, father of Karl Karl Gölsdorf (1861–1916), Austrian...
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    the world, with around 11,000 manufactured.[citation needed] In 1899, Karl Gölsdorf introduced his famous 180.00 class for the Austrian State Railway, an...
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    directly to the 2-8-2 Mikado type (pr. P10(39) / sax. XX HV(19) class); Karl Gölsdorf reversed the 2′C1 Pacific type to the 2-6-4 Adriatic type to accommodate...
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  • constructed in China without foreign assistance (d. 1919). June 8 – Karl Gölsdorf, Austrian steam locomotive designer (d. 1916). November 2 - Oliver Robert...
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    viewer software Irfanview Jörg Streli (1940–2019), Austrian architect Karl Gölsdorf (1861–1916), Austrian engineer and locomotive designer Leon Kellner...
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    the 210 class [de] of 1908 and 310 class [de] of 1911 designed by Karl Gölsdorf. The type therefore became known as the Adriatic arrangement, named...
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    the Austrian Western Railway path. The locomotive was developed by Karl Gölsdorf in 1908. Suppes 94/95 Historische Wertpapiere. WWA Bernd Suppes. 1994...
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  • 10 - Michael Cobb, British railway historian (died 2010). March 18 - Karl Gölsdorf, Austrian steam locomotive designer (born 1861). April 19 - Ephraim...
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    (WAGR) of 1955. The 4-cylinder compound class 470, developed in 1914 by Karl Gölsdorf, was built for express trains on mountain lines. From 1927, some of...
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    locomotives, as was the tender used, which was based on a design by Karl Gölsdorf. It was a very popular design and was widely used for kkStB locomotives...
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    Louis Adolf Gölsdorf (16 February 1837 – 28 November 1911) was an Austrian engineer and locomotive designer. He was the father of Karl Gölsdorf. Louis Adolf...
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    by 70 mm. As for the fourth driving wheels, adopted Golsdorf axle system (patented by Karl Golsdorf), this make the outer driving wheels able to move laterally...
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    P-series were ordered. These 0-8-2 (D'1) locomotives were designed by Karl Gölsdorf (as a combination of a larger version of U-series and a smaller version...
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    kkStB. As Wilhelm Schmidt's superheater went into series production, Karl Gölsdorf modified the Class 329 into the superheated variant 429. The smokebox...
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    the 'Golsdorf' system are suitable for railroads with a large bend radius. This system was patented by Austrian railway engineer Karl Golsdorf. By 1924–1931...
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    Die Bahnen Österreich-Ungarns, Band 2, Bohmann Verlag, 1970 Karl Gölsdorf: Lokomotivbau in Alt-Österreich 1837–1918, Verlag Slezak, 1978, ISBN 3-900134-40-5...
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    steam engine, kkStB class 30, was designed by the Austrian engineer Karl Gölsdorf specifically for use on the Stadtbahn. The engine was optimized for...
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    Railways". The obverse shows the steam locomotive kkStB 310 (developed by Karl Gölsdorf, a great locomotive engineer). The reverse depicts the hall of the second...
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    The kkStB 30 were a class of 2-6-2T locomotives designed by Karl Gölsdorf for use of the Vienna Stadtbahn of the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways...
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    appeared, followed by their KkStB Class 310 in 1911, both designed by Karl Gölsdorf. The 2-6-4 type therefore became known as the Adriatic wheel arrangement...
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    caught the attention of the railway ministry, with the result that Karl Gölsdorf recruited him to the ministry, where he worked as a design engineer...
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    republication ed.). Dover Publications, Inc. p. 499. ISBN 0-486-41247-4. Karl Gölsdorf: Lokomotivbau in Alt-Österreich 1837–1918. Verlag Slezak, Vienna 1978...
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  • express train stations, a requirement arose for small, fast locomotives. Karl Gölsdorf designed Class 112 for this purpose. The compound locomotives were well...
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    Personalisierte Briefmarken auf Bahn-Austria; retrieved, 28 October 2012 Karl Gölsdorf: Lokomotivbau in Alt-Österreich. 1837–1918. Verlag Slezak, Wien 1978...
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    cases OK recommended the use of multi-axle coupled locomotives of the Gölsdorf type or, if small curves were available, to the locomotives of the Mallet...
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  • construction. Paul Camille von Denis, Bavarian Ludwigsbahn from Nuremberg-Fürth Karl Etzel, architect and railway pioneer (built, inter alia, the Brennerbahn...
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    Karl Gölsdorf in kkStB drawing office. Since the express train locomotives used in the 1890s were too weak due to increasing train weights, Gölsdorf designed...
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  • Locomotive and Coach Construction headed by Karl Gölsdorf within the Imperial Royal Railway Ministry. After Gölsdorf's death in 1916 Rihosek became his successor...
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