Railway Engineering History
The Lartigue monorail balanced its load on both sides of one rail
Ireland’s Lartigue railway carried loads on both sides of a raised rail. Its unusual layout makes load balance central to understanding the design.
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Steam Locomotive Details
A Garratt Locomotive Carries Its Boiler Between Two Powered Units
Learn to recognise the Garratt locomotive’s central boiler and two powered units, and keep design identification separate from claims about a railway’s history.