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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxpok Boxpok drivers, Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxpok Boxpok drivers, Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100501 "Keying a wheel", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100501 "Keying a wheel", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | ||
* [http://sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/transferseu/3003c.html "Driving Wheels"] | |||
* [http://www.sparetimelabs.com/wheelpatterns/wheelpatterns.php "Making of Wheel Patterns"] | * [http://www.sparetimelabs.com/wheelpatterns/wheelpatterns.php "Making of Wheel Patterns"] |
Revision as of 23:19, 17 July 2018
Spoke Drivers
Boxpok Drivers
A Boxpok driver is a steam locomotive driving wheel that gains its strength through being made of a number of box sections rather than having traditional solid spokes (the name is a variation on "box-spoke"). Being hollow, they allow better counterbalancing than conventional drivers, which is important for fast locomotives. The Boxpok wheel was patented by General Steel Castings Corporation of Granite City, Illinois.