Realizing this is an internal combustion reference, some of the park train manufacturers ran from an automatic transmission down to a multi belt or chain 'drum' in the center of the chassis. From there, they used pretty much standard automotive driveshafts with a universal on each end, connected to a gearbox on the inner axle of each truck. Being splined, the driveshafts get longer or shorter as the trucks swivel into and out of curves.
Mike
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Former Locomotive Engineer and Designer, Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works, Inc. and Riverside & Great Northern Railway 1962-77
BN RR Locomotive Engineer 1977-2014, Retired
BN RR Locomotive Engineer 1977-2014, Retired
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"Being splined, the driveshafts get longer or shorter as the trucks swivel into and out of curves."
Ala Shay, Heisler, and Climax locomotive drive shafts.
~RN
Ala Shay, Heisler, and Climax locomotive drive shafts.
~RN