Meyer locomotive

Meyer locomotives were most common in continental Europe, particularly Germany.

It was effectively a Meyer locomotive since both sets of drivers were articulated.

A Meyer locomotive is a type of articulated locomotive.

The Kitson-Meyer was a development of the Meyer locomotive.

The boiler and superstructure were supported upon two swivelling trucks, in a manner similar to a Meyer locomotive.

A similar arrangement exists for Fairlie, Mallet and Meyer locomotives, but is referred to as 0-4-4-0.

The Meyer locomotive comprised:

The Meyer locomotive, with two powered engine trucks under the locomotive (generally with the cylinders inward).

An innovation was the articulated locomotive design proposed by Robert Stirling based on the Meyer locomotive, later known as the Kitson-Meyer.

First Meyer locomotive to the patent of Jean-Jacques Meyer, L'Avenir, is built by Cail.

The Semmering Trials lead to a number of developments in locomotive design:- Fairlie's Patent of 1863, The Meyer locomotive and the Mallet locomotive.

The UIC classification is refined to B'B for a Mallet locomotive or B'B' for a Meyer locomotive.

On a Meyer locomotive the two engine units were mounted close together, and usually with the cylinder ends of the sets of driving wheels facing each other at the centre of the locomotive.

Not until 1892 with the introduction of the 0-4-4-0 Meyer locomotive, the Saxon IV K was a design produced that was to form the backbone of the Saxon narrow gauge fleet for decades.