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Wheel Axels

Posted by Fulton Frank on Sun Nov 26 08:12:36 2006

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Why are train wheel axels solid? Having each wheel on a separate short axel, like a car, would save a great deal of friction and noise on curves. Of course coupling traction power to the wheels would be a bit more dificult, but not byond today's engineering possibilites. Then there are many trailing cars - all freight and many passanger service - where traction to all wheels is not an issue?

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