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This page updated: 4 May 2008
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"For when you've seen the pistons
Of the mighty C.P.R
With the driving force
Of a thousand horse
Then you'll know what pistons are."
From "Eskimo Nell"
General matters
Introduction
A Word on Loading Gauges
Railway History in Germany.
Classification by Number of Cylinders.
Articulated Locomotives.
How to Articulate "Locomotive"
Updated
Flexible Mallets (USA)
The Triplexes (USA)
Dreams of Quadraplexes (USA,UK)
Hexaplex Delurium (USA,UK)
The Bulleid Leader. (UK)
Shaft CounterShaft: The Fink System.
Sir Arthur Heywood's Radiating Axles.
Klose To The Edge (G)
Hagans Heros- The Hagans System (G)
The Klien-Lindner System (G)
The System of Dr Luttermöller (G)
The du Bousquet. (France)
Updated
CabForward (Backwards) Locomotives.
The Gr670 Compound (Italy)
The Thuile Locomotive (France)
Updated
The Prussian State S9 & T16
The SP 4-8-8-2 Cabforward (USA)
The DB 05 003 SchnellzugLok (G)
CabForward Tank Engines
CabMiddleward Locomotives.
Camelback Locomotives (USA)
The Belgian CabMiddleward
Geared Locomotives
The Hunslet (UK)
The Shay (USA)
The Climax (USA)
The Heisler (USA)
The Johnston 16-Wheeler (NZ)
Monorail Locomotives (and Tri-rails)
The Lartigue (Eire)
The Brennan Gyroscopic(UK)
The Centennial (USA)
The Bradford (USA)
The Patiala (India)
The Lisbon Tramway 1-1-2-1-1
Fireless Locomotives
Fowler's Ghost (UK)
Compressed-Air Locos
Moved
Compressed on L'Ouest- Air Locomotive
Soda Locomotives
The Squeeze Is On. High-Pressure locos
Grace Under Pressure; HP technology
French
Haute Pression
German
Hochdruck
The Fatal Fury (UK)
The Hush-Hush 10000 (UK)
Swiss High Pressure
Canadian High Pressure
American High Pressure
Turbine Locomotives
Why turbines?
Belluzzo & The Italian Turbines
The Swiss Zoelly Turbine
The Reid-Ramsey Turbo-Electric (UK)
The Reid-McLeod Turbine Loco (UK)
Updated
The Beyer-Ljungstrom. (UK)
The Swedish-Argentine Turbine.
The LMS Turbomotive (UK)
The Armstrong-Whitworth (UK)
Updated
The Swedish Turbines
The French Turbines
The German Turbines
Union Pacific Turbine (USA)
Pennsylvania RR Turbine (USA)
Chesapeake & Ohio Turbine (USA)
Norfolk & Western Turbine (USA)
Steam-Electric Locomotives (non-turbine)
The Heilmann (France)
Diesel-Pneumatic Locomotives
The V3201 (Germany)
In Pursuit of Economy
Franco-Crosti Locomotives.
The Kitson-Still Steam-Diesel (UK)
The Holcroft-Anderson (UK)
Updated
Just What The Docteur Ordered (B)
Wind-splitting: Early Streamlining.
Uniflow Locomotives
Updated
In Pursuit of Velocity
When Size Matters: Pearson's 9-Footer
But I've Got A Bigger Pair: The Hurricane
Big Wheels in France: L'Aigle
Petiet's French Experiments
The Fontaine Fiasco (USA)
Unusual Boilers
The Flaman Boiler
The Brotan Boiler
The Triple-Boiler
Water-tubes on The Nord
The Velox Boiler (France)
Steam Motor Locos
European Steam Motor Locos
The Argentinian Steam Motor Loco
The Egyptian Steam Motor Loco
The Colombian Steam Motor Loco
The Lübeck Steam Motor Loco
Hard to Classify
Strange Doings In Belgium.(B)
Smashing The (Whyte) System. (B)
The Holman Horror (USA)
Russian Reforms
Electric-Fired Steam (Swiss)
Stealth Locos & Strange Chimneys
Updated
Twelve-Coupled Locos
The Nielson One-Cylinder Loco
The Cristiani Compressed Steam System
The Paget Locomotive.
The Realms of Fiction.
The Realms of Friction.
The Oddest Locomotive?
Balanced Locomotives
Non-Circular Wheel Locomotives
The Lazy-Tongs Locomotive
The Horsehead Haulage Locomotive
Vibrating-Piston Locomotives
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