THE SIX-WHEEL WAGON BOGIE

High capacity wagons and higher speeds encourage the use of six-wheel bogies. This calls for careful consideration to matters of overall weight, wheel diameter, suspension and lateral freedom of the middle wheelset to ensure that track twist, riding and wagon tare weight requirements are accommodated.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Authors:
  • KOFFMAN, J L
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Three axle trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Heumann diagrams; Six wheel trucks
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046852
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM