I am relatively sure I have the answer in one my books somewhere, but perhaps some individuals on the forum can assist me. How do engineers/designers determine what size curve(s) a given locomotive requires? Speaking real world here. Thank you.
Old Fat Robert
Old Fat RobertHow do engineers/designers determine what size curve(s) a given locomotive requires?
Just Curious — could you be a little more descriptive in your thread title?
The following pages are from a 1921 Baldwin handbook of locomotive design:
Curvature by Edmund, on Flickr
Curvature_0001 by Edmund, on Flickr
Curvature_0002 by Edmund, on Flickr
Does this satisfy your curiosity a bit? Just curious
Cheers, Ed
Ed, that satifies my curosity just fine! Thank you for the information. I promise to work on the titles for any future threads.