CHAPELON, André (1892 - 1978)

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French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives.

The work accomplished by Chapelon, by transforming locomotives which were far from new and bringing incredible improvements to their performances, justify an opinion making him the greatest engineer in locomotives since Robert Stephenson. If it's true, that's because him alone seemed to be able to embrace the full significance of these interactions between the various organs of the machine and to deal with them in a scientifical manner, in such a way that he was even able to predict the extroardinary results they will gave. His first great achievement was the invention in collaboration with the Finnish locomotive engineer Kyösti Kylälä of the Kyl-Chap exhaust, which among other things made possible Mallard's record-breaking run of 1938 on the LNER. His finest works, however, were the 240P, 242A1 and 160A1 Classes, built for SNCF after nationalization in 1938. In 1934, Chapelon was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and awarded both the Plumey Prize of the Academie des Sciences and the Gold Medal of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale. From 1938 he published the book for which he is most noted: « La locomotive à vapeur ».

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CHAPELON, André

Curriculum vitae

* 26.10.1892		nacido
1914		Entrée à l'Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures.
1921 - 1923		Employé à la Compagnie du chemin de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée.
1924		Sous-directeur à la Compagnie des Téléphones.
1925		Employé comme ingénieurs qualifié à la Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris - Orléans pour l'amélioration du fonctionnement des nouvelles locomotives Pacific 3500.
1929		Transformation sur la puissance de la locomotive type Pacific n°3566 dans les ateliers de la Compagnie Paris-Orléans à Tours.
1934		Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Prix Plumey de l' Académie des Sciences. Médaille d'or de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale.
1936		Construction de la locomotive Pacific Chapelon Nord n° 3-1114.
1938		Voyage d'étude aux USA pour voir les performances des fameuses locomotives Hudson du New York Central dans les ateliers de compagnies de chemins de fer.
1938		Invention de l'échappement Kyl-Chap pour une locomotive.
1938		Publication de son livre : « La locomotive à vapeur ».
1940		Construction de la locomotive Chapelon 240p 4-8-0 classe 1160A1.
1950		Construction de la locomotive Chapelon 240p 4-8-4 classe 242A1.
† 29.07.1978		fallecido

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Racionalización, 1920-1950

Literatura

La locomotive à vapeur
Autor: CHAPELON, André
Publicado: 1938

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CHAPELON, André (1892 - 1978)