Bo-Bo

See also: bo bo, bobo, Bobo, bóbo, and bobô

English

Noun

Bo-Bo (plural Bo-Bos)

1. (rail transport) A wheel arrangement for diesel and electric locomotives signifying that a locomotive has four axles, each powered by a motor, on two bogies.
   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136:

     The Lötschberg had always been in the forefront of electric locomotive development and their 4,000 h.p. Bo-Bo design, introduced in 1944, was the first of its particular type in Europe, if not in the world. Shortly afterwards in 1946, the very successful Swiss Federal Bo-Bo type was introduced and for many years undertook the working of the high speed lightweight trains over the Geneva-Zurich, Geneva-Basle and other main lines.

Alternative forms

• B-B

Related terms

• Co-Co

Anagrams

• boob, obbo