Development of the flexicurve locomotive bogie

UGL started designing bogies in the 1990’s in response to the need for a lightweight locomotive bogie for intermodal and bulk haulage. The resulting three-axle pedestal leg bogie has evolved over a number of generations and has been a strong serviceable bogie for general freight and heavy haul applications over the last 20 years. However, the largest through-life cost for a bogie is wheel replacement, and the pedestal leg bogie, with its limited control of wheel set behaviour, is not optimal in this regard. This paper outlines the development of its successor, the Flexicurve three-axle locomotive bogie.

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• Authors:
  • McSweeney B
  • Vieusseux E
• Conference:
  • AusRAIL PLUS 2014, Doing it Smarter. People, Power, Performance, 24-26 November 2014, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
• Publication Date: 2014

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p. ; PDF
• Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2014, doing it smarter. People, power, performance, 24-26 November 2014, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle loads; Design; Freight transportation
• ATRI Terms: Axle load; Design; Freight transport
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01550337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 21 2015 11:24AM