Appendix: Steam loco wheel arrangements

June 25, 2019, 11:55 AM
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As I expect most people who read this document will not be railway enthusiasts and would be researching a period when the steam locomotive reigned supreme, I thought that some very brief notes on steam locomotive wheel arrangement should be included.

ये भी पढ़े – योगासन का इतिहास तथा योग से होने वाले फायदे

Steam locomotive wheel arrangement is a function of a number of quite possibly opposing forces. These include: task for which the locomotive is designed, e.g. passenger or goods, expected operating speed, expected range of operation, expected weight of locomotive, weight of rail over which the locomotive will have to run, maximum degree of curvature of the track maximum and permitted axle load. In the British tradition, which was followed in India, steam locomotives were classified by the Whyte notation, which counts the number of wheels.

Source – IFRCA.org

   
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