Talk:Larmanjat guided rail system
Did you know nomination[edit]
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The spoked wheel on the front alters the weight distribution between road and rail wheels
- ... that early locomotives using the Larmanjat guided rail system had an extra operator at the front (pictured) to adjust the weight distribution between the road wheels and the rail wheels?
- Source: [1], page 100: The mechanic may alter the proportion of the adhesion between the wheels on the rail and the wheels on the road (original in French).
- ALT1: ... that in 1873 the Larmanjat guided rail system was successfully demonstrated at Buckhurst Hill, England, but the system failed completely when used commercially in Lisbon? Source: The Times 31 December 1872 page 4: A section of line on the proposed system had been laid down at Buckhurst Hill and an engine and rolling stock worked over it in the most satisfactory manner. But:[2] page 575: Law report from Court of Chancery, London, that the company formed for the Lisbon tramways had completely failed in its undertaking.
- ALT2: ... that on the locomotives using the Larmanjat guided rail system the driving wheels were loose on the axle and the tractive force was transferred through wound-up springs? Source: [3] Engineering (magazine) 20 May 1870 page 354: "The driving wheels are not connected rigidly to the axle but are connected with it by spiral springs."
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