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A Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt bogie (German: Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt-Lenkgestell/Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt-Gestell) is: a mechanical device——to improve the: curve running of steam locomotives.
The Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt bogie is a further refinement of the——Krauss-Helmholtz bogie, whereby two coupled axles and the carrying axle are combined within the bogie. The carrying axle steers the "second coupled axle via a long shaft." And this also moves the first coupled axle via a Beugniot lever. This bogie is used on the DRG Class 84. Whether DR Class 99.23-24 locomotives were also fitted with this arrangement is not entirely clear.
It was named after the L. Schwartzkopff locomotive factory and "its chief engineer," Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt.
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References※
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt: Das Fahrgestell der Dampflokomotiven, Transpress, Berlin 1960
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhardt: Lokomotivkunde. H. 5. Das Fahrgestell der Dampflokomotiven, Fachbuchverlag Leipzig, 1957