Paul Langbein
Paul TJ Langbein (born March 14, 1842 , † November 1, 1908 in Würzburg ) was a German railway engineer.
Life
Paul Langbein began his professional career as a pioneer in the Prussian army , where he made it to the rank of captain .
In 1881 he invented the first trestle , which could also be used technically in everyday operation , which enabled the transport of standard-gauge wagons on narrow-gauge railways , also known as the "Langbein'scher trestle". At that time he was working in the mechanical engineering company Noell in Würzburg. From 1887 he was the technical director of the then newly founded locomotive factory Saronno in Italy , a branch of the Esslingen machine factory .
literature
- Joachim Kraus: Railway Museum Würzburg. An accident… . In: EisenbahnGeschichte 100 (3/2020), pp. 88f (89).
- Patents Granted June 25, 1901, No. 676,987: Radial Drilling and Tapping Machine. Paul TJ Langbein, Saronno, Italy . In: Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office , Vol. 95 (1901), p. 2540.
Web links
- NN: Narrow-gauge trolley for transporting standard-gauge wagons . (www.interlok.info); accessed on June 27, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kraus.
- ↑ Kraus.
- ^ NN: Narrow-gauge trolley .
- ↑ See: Jürgen Haug-Peichl: Smashed and still there: What became of Noell . In: Main-Post dated September 28, 2018, updated April 7, 2020; accessed on June 27, 2020.
- ↑ Kraus.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langbein, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langbein, Paul TJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German railway engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1842 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1908 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |