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Locomotive frame

1.1 Plate frames


These used steel plates about 12 in (25.450.8 mm)
thick. They were mainly used in Britain and continental
Europe. On most locomotives the frames would be situated within the driving wheels (inside frames), but some
classes of early steam locomotive and diesel shunters were
constructed with outside frames. Some early designs
were double framed where the frame consisted of plates
both inside and outside the driving wheels. Others were
sandwich frames where the frame was constructed of
Locomotive frame of a LNER Gresley pacic locomotive during wood sandwiched between two metal plates.
construction

A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the back- 1.2


bone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler
or bodywork. The vast majority of locomotives have had
a frame structure of some kind. The frame may in turn
be supported by axles directly attached to it, or it may be
mounted on bogies (UK) / trucks (US), or a combination
of the two. The bogies in turn will have frames of their
own.

Bar frames

Types of frame

Bar frames of a WAGR U class locomotive

These were made of two steel bars which are usually 4


7 in (101.6177.8 mm) thick. They were rst used on
the Bury Bar Frame locomotive during the 1830s, and
were widely used in the USA throughout the nineteenth
century.

1.3 Cast steel beds


Main article: Locomotive bed
Preserved GWR 9017 showing outside frames

Cast steel locomotive beds were a development of the nal years of steam locomotive design in the United States.
Three main types of frame on steam locomotives may be They were also exported to Britain and Australia from the
distinguished:[1]
USA.
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Articulated locomotives

Main article Articulated locomotive


An articulated locomotive with no xed wheels (i.e. excluding the Mallet locomotive but including other articulated steam locomotives, as well as most diesel and
electric locomotives) may have a separate frame beneath
the superstructure, or the bodyworks internal structure
may be load-bearing. Rarely is a true monocoque structure used.
Diesel and electric locomotives with a traditional, fullwidth body, known as cab units in North America, tend
to have their strength in an internal structure. This style of
construction is still popular elsewhere, but North American locomotives nowadays are overwhelmingly hood
unitswith a strong frame beneath the superstructure
that carries all the load, and bodywork made of removable panels for easy maintenance. Fully enclosed locomotives are used in some limited applications, mostly for
passenger trains. These tend to be cowl units, in which
the body is not load-bearing.

See also
Chassis
Locomotive bed
Steam locomotive components
Underframe

References

[1] Ransome-Wallis, P. (1959). Illustrated Encyclopedia


of World Railway Locomotives (2001 republication ed.).
Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-41247-4., p 255.

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