coupled-axle locomotive
1Locomotive — A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco from a place , ablative of locus , place + Medieval Latin motivus , causing motion , and is a shortened form of the term… …
2locomotive — locomotively, adv. locomotiveness, locomotivity, n. /loh keuh moh tiv/, n. 1. a self propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars. 2. an organized… …
3N441 - Steam Locomotive Project — The N441 project intends to build a Victorian Railways N class steam locomotive out of the frame of a K class locomotive. The project is being carried out by the Locomotive Restoration Group based out of the Newport railway workshops in Victoria …
4Divided drive (locomotive) — A divided drive locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force on its wheels by using different cylinders to power different pairs of driving wheels in order to give better weight distribution and reduce hammer blow which can be… …
5Duplex locomotive — This article is about a type of locomotive. For the Austrian experimental 4 cylinder locomotive, see Locomotive Duplex. Closeup of the second set of cylinders on the PRR S1. A duplex locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force …
64-4-2 (locomotive) — In the Whyte notation a 4 4 2 is a steam locomotive that has a two axle leading truck, two powered driving axles and a one axle trailing truck. This locomotive wheel arrangement is commonly called an Atlantic type.Other equivalent classifications …
7Dolgoch (locomotive) — Dolgoch Dolgoch at Tywyn Wharf in 2006 Power type steam Builder Fletcher, Jennings Co. Serial number 63 …
8Luttermöller axle — Steam locomotives with several axles or wheelsets connected to one another by coupling rods are not able to negotiate tight curves well. In order to assist such locomotives, the manager of the Orenstein Koppel factory in Berlin, Dr. Luttermöller …
9Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …
10Electric locomotive — Electric Trains redirects here. For the 1995 Squeeze single, see Electric Trains (song). An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail or an on board electricity… …
