- André
Chapelon (26
October 1892 – 22 July 1978) was a
French mechanical engineer and
designer of
advanced steam locomotives. A
graduate engineer of Ecole...
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Chapelon (French pronunciation: [ʃaplɔ̃]) is a
commune in the
Loiret department in north-central France.
Communes of the
Loiret department "Répertoire...
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exhaust system was
designed and
patented by
French steam engineer André
Chapelon,
using a second-stage
nozzle designed by the
Finnish engineer Kyösti Kylälä...
- its
lengthy p****age. In
rebuilding older locomotives from 1929 onwards,
Chapelon was able to
inexpensively obtain what
seemed almost "magical" improvements...
- André
Chapelon in
applying scientific analysis and a
strive for
thermal efficiency was an
early example of
advanced steam technology.
Chapelon's protégé...
- Tjønneland, Anne; Nailler, Laura; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Clavel-
Chapelon, Françoise (2013-01-01). "Meat
consumption and mortality--results from...
- the
world record for a non-streamlined locomotive,
shared with a
French Chapelon Pacific.
Along with all the
Gresley 3-cylinder types, the
Pacifics suffered...
- Specifications. Chicago: Farm
Implement News Company. 1928. pp. 108–109 [ 108 ].
Chapelon 2000, pp. 56–72, 120-. Bell, A.M. (1950). Locomotives. London:
Virtue and...
- to 231-040,
later 1-231.B.1 to 40 Est 231-051 to 231-073
series 12s ("
Chapelon" rebuilds, 2nd type, ex-PO 3500-series)
ordered by the PO-Midi in 1934...
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locomotives in France,
particularly those rebuilt to the
designs of
Andre Chapelon, such as the SNCF 240P, used
Lentz oscillating-cam
poppet valves, which...
