Adams axle is a form of radial axle for rail locomotives that enable them to negotiate curves more easily. It was invented by William Bridges Adams and...

Adams (1797 – 23 July 1872) was an English locomotive engineer, and writer. He is best known for his patented Adams axle – a successful radial axle design...

William Bridges Adams (1797–1872) a locomotive engineer who, confusingly, invented the Adams axle – a radial axle that William Adams incorporated in designs...

or leading axle or pilot wheel of a steam locomotive is an unpowered wheel or axle located in front of the driving wheels. The axle or axles of the leading...

reduce the flange and rail wear. William Bridges Adams was an early developer of radial axles. Radial axles were widely used on carriages in the late 19th...

bogie that is further away from the axis of rotation was designed as an Adams axle. The guiding force on the outer rail shifted this axis obliquely inwards...

Broadstairs are called Bradstonians. William Bridges Adams, locomotive engineer and inventor of the Adams Axle, died at Broadstairs in 1872 and was buried at...

the track, derailing, or both. Adams axle Articulated locomotives Beugniot lever Cleminson's patent Luttermöller axle Minimum railway curve radius For...

reopening of the line. William Bridges Adams (1797 in Woore – 1872) author, locomotive engineer and inventor of the Adams axle Albert Lightfoot (born 1936 in...

service in November. It was fitted with a Bissel bogie at the front and an Adams axle at the rear, and was a high-pressure, saturated steam locomotive. This...