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Prototype information => General => Topic started by: Graeme Dunbar on March 11, 2021, 10:54

Title: Narrow gauge bogies
Post by: Graeme Dunbar on March 11, 2021, 10:54
Showing my ignorance of prototype matters, what sort of bogie, particularly for passenger coaches are or were used on British and similarly constructed NG railways, especially from pre-preservation days rather than modern ones though that would be of interest too.

I imagine they were rather simpler than standard gauge, not having to deal with high speeds and various related oscillations.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Narrow gauge bogies
Post by: Hobby on March 11, 2021, 12:37
Considering the state of much NG track which was usually worse than SG track I expect them to be roughly the same as SG! It does seem to vary, but most bogies just look like scaled down version of SG ones, certainly in the early/mid 20thC.