Klein-Linder
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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
Matheran Hill Railway
Matheran Hill Railway is a heritage railway in Maharashtra, India. It was built between 1901 and 1907 by Abdul Hussein Adamjee Peerbhoy, financed by his father, Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy of the Adamjee Group at the cost of Rs.16,00,000...

 in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, which has curves as sharp as 18.25m, traversed at a speed of 8km/h. Consulting engineer Everard Calthrop
Everard Calthrop
Everard Richard Calthrop was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow gauge railways, especially of gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway; however he is best known in his home...

 designed a 0-6-0T with Klein-Linder articulated coupled axles to provide a flexible wheelbase, and four were supplied by Orenstein & Koppel.

See also

  • Minimum railway curve radius
    Minimum railway curve radius
    The minimum railway curve radius, the shortest design radius, has an important bearing on constructions costs and operating costs and, in combination with superelevation in the case of train tracks, determines the maximum safe speed of a curve. Superelevation is not a factor on tramway tracks...

  • Trench railways
    Trench railways
    Trench Railways represented military adaptation of early 20th century railway technology to the problem of keeping soldiers supplied during the static trench warfare phase of World War I...

  • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19
    Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19
    Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19 was built in 1954 by based in . It was imported to the UK in 2007 having been restored to working condition at Remarul 16 Februarie Locomotive Works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania...


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