Costs for rapid transit bogies - a comparison of conventional, cross-braced and linkage steered designs (IM-DOS-099)

It appears feasible to build a steered cross-braced bogie at no extra cost compared with existing rapid transit designs. Whether any of these designs are competetive is another question. The break down of existing bogie costs reveals some interesting points, a) The side-frame, wheelsets and axle-boxes of a...