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Definition of a chassis ... Or frames ... Or something ... ex-82045 The way ahead?

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by AndyY, Jul 31, 2018.

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  1. gwalkeriow

    gwalkeriow Well-Known Member

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    In my defence, in my 40 years plus working for BR, Midland Metro and 3 Heritage railways I have hardly ever heard the word chassis used, always frames or underframe.
     
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    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    Passenger-carrying vehicles with trucks/bogies may have been introduced in the USA before Britain, but some British locos already had bogies, so the word was already in use over here in a railway context. Which isn't surprising as it was a Geordie dialect word for a cart, possibly cognate with American "buggy".
     
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    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

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    And then there is a "pony truck".....
     
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    OK, thanks my friend!:)

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