Bogie bolster wagon
A bogie bolster wagon is a British railway term for a wagon designed to carry long thin cargoes such as timber or rails and other steel sections. The sides and ends are minimal and there is no roof. The load is carried longitudinally and borne by three or more bolsters (half baulks of timber) fixed transversely. The load is constrained sideways by movable metal
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A bogie bolster has both bogies and bolsters.
Bogies are four-wheeled, articulated carriages beneath the main load bed. They allow a long wagon to carry long loads, but still have individually short wheelbases, and so go round tight curves.
Bolsters are
Bolsters could be fixed in place, or be removable. Some had as many as five bolsters.
Most designs also had
Bolster wagons are relatively lightweight. Heavier well wagons, used for machinery loads, had deeper and stronger side girders. They had a cranked side profile, so that the
The
Rail wagons
Bogie bolsters were particularly useful for permanent way loads, such as rail. Many such wagons were not part of the railway's commercial stock, but were included as part of departmental stock (stock used for engineering works on the railway itself).
Codes for these wagons included 'Salmon', Bobol[5] and 'Gane'[4]
A number of bogie bolsters have been preserved on British heritage railways, as they are convenient for moving rails,
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-871608-22-8.
- ^ Hooper (1991), pp. 80–81.
- ^ Hooper (1991), p. 96.
- ^ a b "Code Names for Great Western Carriage Stock and Vans". The Great Western Archive. 2013.
- ^ a b "42 ton Bogie Bolster 'D' Wagon № B942667". Northampton & Lamport Railway.
- ^ "FRT buys only known remaining FR wagon". Furness Railway Trust.