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Divided drive (locomotive)

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with divided drive between the front coupled axle for the inside cylinders and the middle coupled axle for the outside cylinders 'to give better weight distribution and reduced
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both adopted divided drive on their larger designs as a consequence of their wish to overcome the maintenance problems associated with the
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The concept was further developed in the early 1930s in the United States by the
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Divided drive could also be used on simple expansion locomotives with coupled
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used divided drive (not very successfully) in his simple expansion
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for hauling passenger services on the severely weight restricted
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that divides the driving force on its wheels by using different
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The system of dividing drive was originally developed by
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in order to give better weight distribution and reduce "
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Steam locomotive wheel arrangements (Whyte notation)
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Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 14: 194:(LNER) used divided drive on his 107:compound based on Webb's ideas,. 40:to accommodate a larger firebox. 192:London and North Eastern Railway 174:Southern Railway (Great Britain) 120:London and South Western Railway 61:, and then during the 1880s, on 1: 1247:Steam locomotive technologies 215:Gresley conjugated valve gear 138:. This enabled an extra-long 28:to power different pairs of 1263: 80:in Britain who introduced 1210: 111:Use in the United Kingdom 360:Casserley, H.C. (1971). 227:Baldwin Locomotive Works 221:Use in the United States 76:Mallet's ideas inspired 18:divided drive locomotive 1122:Articulated locomotives 1112:2-4-4-2+2-8-8-2+2-4-4-2 1054:Articulated locomotives 925:Articulated locomotives 814:Articulated locomotives 369:Marshall, John (1978). 205:. Gresley's successors 203:Great Eastern Main Line 66:articulated locomotives 1214:Other notation forms: 351:Bradley, D.L. (1975). 1088:0-6-2+2-4-2-4-2+2-6-0 166:North Eastern Railway 364:. London: Ian Allan. 178:SR Lord Nelson class 59:compound locomotives 416:Single engine types 1179:Geared locomotives 1105:2-10-10-10-10-10-2 263:, p. 111-114. 231:duplex locomotives 1234: 1233: 211:Arthur Peppercorn 188:Sir Nigel Gresley 1254: 402: 395: 388: 379: 374: 365: 356: 347: 327: 326: 319: 313: 312: 310: 309: 300:. 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L. 337: 336: 332: 324: 318: 315: 304:on 2011-02-04 303: 299: 293: 290: 286: 281: 278: 274: 269: 266: 262: 257: 254: 251:, p. 65. 250: 249:Marshall 1978 245: 242: 236: 234: 232: 229:, with their 228: 220: 218: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 197: 193: 189: 185: 183: 179: 176:designed the 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 156: 152: 148: 143: 141: 137: 136:coupling rods 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 110: 108: 106: 102: 95: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 71: 69: 67: 64: 60: 56: 48: 43: 41: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 750:engine types 742: 370: 361: 352: 343: 317: 306:. 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Index

steam locomotive
cylinders
driving wheels
hammer blow
driving wheels
Anatole Mallet
compound locomotives
Mallet
articulated locomotives
Francis Webb
2-(2-2)-0
2-(2-2)-2
2-2-(4-0)
Alfred de Glehn
2-(2-2)-0
Dugald Drummond
London and South Western Railway
T7
E10 Classes
4-2-2-0
coupling rods
firebox
driving wheels
NER Class X
4-8-0T
shunting engines
Wilson Worsdell
North Eastern Railway
Richard Maunsell
Southern Railway (Great Britain)

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