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Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 24 Mar 1999 03:43:39 GMT
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Christopher Masi wrote in message
<36F6B0BC.62F3D5E@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu>...
> Right the wheels are not on the same axel. At first I thought this was so • the
> wheels could travel at different speeds, but differentials are not brought • up
> elsewhere in trains (are they) so I figured that couldn't be the reason.
The only place I have ever seen differentials mentioned was in relation to
geared locomotives like Shays, Climaxes, and Heislers. I think it was Shay
who tried a differential, and found that the train lost traction in curves.
Frank Filz
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 | | Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip stuff about footnoting (...) Right the wheels are not on the same axel. At first I thought this was so the wheels could travel at different speeds, but differentials are not brought up elsewhere in trains (are they) so I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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