Talk:Locomotive wheelslip

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there is nice picture in RU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.45.73.56 (talk) 17:40, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

A query

Why would this occur more frequently with a heavier train? A heavier train would have more static friction on the wheel, not less. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.156.10.80 (talk • contribs) 20:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

A heavier locomotive would have more static friction, indeed, but a heavier train would have a greater inertia and rolling friction for the locomotive to overcome when starting, and hence the need to apply more power to the wheels (with the increasing risk of wheelslip that this entails). EdJogg (talk) 23:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Boxing?

Can someone familiar with English railroad history definitely say if wheelspinning with piston-type steam locomotives was once known as "boxing"? "To wheelspin" in Russian is called "buksovat'" or "boksovat'" with the latter almost exclusive to railways. The etymology is not clear, either from German word for slide bearing, or from the similarity to boxer's movements, both hypotheses not corroborated much. But the latter then should then be borrowed from UK then leading in locomotives production and use. So, was there such a slang ever? 2A02:2168:AB0F:F00:84AB:F988:2D3A:C3B2 (talk) 00:24, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

sovat" 2A02:2168:AB0F:F00:84AB:F988:2D3A:C3B2 (talk) 00:24, 7 February 2024 (UTC)