- Klein-Linder
O&K Locomotive No. 740 seen here on shed at "Pages Park" station of the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Klein-Linder is a form of articulation for ordinary steam locomotives to make them more suitable for going around very sharp curves.
Examples
Several locomotives of this type were ordered for the
Matheran Hill Railway inIndia , which has curves as sharp as 18.25m, traversed at a speed of 8km/h. Consulting engineerEverard Calthrop designed a 0-6-0T with Klein-Linder articulated coupled axles to provide a flexible wheel base, and four were supplied byOrenstein & Koppel .External links
* [http://www.kruzok.sk/oldkruz/LOKVOZ/E_4282.HTM Hungarian locomotive of 1916]
* [http://forums.lrpresse.fr/viewtopic.php?t=17848&sid=9a8b6316dff54d50fe4574df89d0260f]See also
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Minimum railway curve radius
*Trench railways References
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