List of Railway Pioneers - Technical Development of The Railways - Austria

Austria

Name Notability References
John Baillie first sprung buffers (so-called Bailliesche Schneckenfeder or conical springs)
Johann Brotan inventor of the Brotan boiler, the only watertube boiler used in any number on the railways
Anton Elbel Gepäcklokomotive, locomotive with luggage compartment.
Wilhelm Engerth Engerth locomotive
Carl Ritter von Ghega builder of the Semmering railway
Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen developer of the Giesl ejectors
Karl Gölsdorf first six-coupled steam locomotive and inventor of the Gölsdorf axle system
Louis Adolf Gölsdorf Gepäcklokomotive
John Haswell first steam brake, sheet steel firebox
Hugo Lentz inventor of award-winning improvements to steam engines, e.g. steam valve gear with oscillating and rotating cams to actuate poppet valves
Julius Lott chief construction engineer of the Arlbergbahn
Franz Xaver Riepl geologist, railway and metallurgical expert
Johann Rihosek classification scheme for the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (kkStB), brakes, spark arrestors
Rudolf Sanzin measurement techniques
Matthias Schönerer railway pioneer
Joseph Terlicher railway pioneer
Carl Wurmb builder of the Tauernbahn

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