non-bogie

adjective

Not mounted on bogies; having wheels and axles not incorporated in bogies.

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Meanings

adjectivenon-bogie (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerail transportNot mounted on bogies; having wheels and axles not incorporated in bogies.

    A limit of 75 m.p.h., therefore, is reasonable—and will give wagon designers enough to keep them busy, he thinks, as the problems of stability for all categories of freight traffic are far from being solved at present, especially with non-bogie wagons.

    1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Freight stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269

Origin

From non- + bogie.

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APA

non-bogie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-bogie

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-bogie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-bogie.

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