A Scheffel bogie is a flexible, high-stability radial bogie designed to reduce lateral force vibrations and accommodate turning on narrow gauge tracks at high speed. It first went into service in a fleet of South African Railway (SAR) ore wagons in 1975. It is named after its inventor, Dr. Herbert Scheffel, who designed the Scheffel bogie to facilitate the development of South Africa's 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway system. The Scheffel bogie was used to set the world narrow gauge speed record of 245 kilometres per hour (152 mph) on Cape gauge tracks.
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- ^ Coxon D. "Pantograph Testing in South Africa in 1980". Testing Trains. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Ball P (24 May 2016). "The Scheffel Bogie and the Rail Gauge". The Heritage Portal. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- Bruton M (7 April 2011). "SA's Sheffel Bogie keeps on rolling". IOL. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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