Talk:Draisine

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The draisine is named after the inventor Baron Drais zu Sauerbron from germany. The name refers to the hand operated railroad handcar.(invented around 1830)

Drais also invented the bicycle without chain. (In UK they were called hobbyhorse), He had the first patent on this in 1817. He called his machine however 'Velocipede'. In the second part of the 19th century, people began to refer to it as Draisine.

Merger with Handcar?
I'm not convinced that a merge would be a good idea here. Admittedly, both the handcar and the draisine are light, non-revenue rolling stock, but the draisine seems to be powered by feet turning a gear mechanism, and the handcar by hands providing an up-and-down motion; the mechanical aspects of the two are different. Placing "Handcar" under "Draisine" would thus be misleading, as would placing "Draisine" under "Handcar". I could see both articles turned into separate subsections of a third article that might deal with MOW or lightweight railcars as a whole, but not combining the two articles under draisine or handcar. So, my vote is "no". --Badger151 05:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Right. "Draisine" unfortunately is used for a variety of things, all of them more or less rare, while "Handcar" is used for one thing, which was once commonplace. One could perhaps cook up more justification for adding "handcar" into the list of things a "drasine" can be than vice versa, but there's no need.  Jim.henderson (talk) 02:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The merger is inappropriate, since Google book search shows far more instances of railroad "hand car"(1105) than of draisine.(700)Edison (talk) 23:03, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

English?
Quote: A draisine primarily refers to a light auxiliary rail vehicle or trolley [my emphasis]

I am unconvinced that the word draisine has ever been commonly, let alone primarily, used in English in the chief sense given here, that of a light hand- or pedal-powered rail vehicle. Such vehicles are, to the best of my knowledge, called handcars in American English and (rail) trolleys in British English.

The only English-language use of draisine that I am familiar with is in reference to Mr von Drais's original wheeled-hobby-horse precursor to the bicycle. I therefore feel that – while merger with Handcar may not be called for (see discussion above) – the current introduction needs rewriting.

(And before anyone else says it: yes, I will do it myself; this is my justification before the event!) - Picapica (talk) 12:59, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

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¿How it works?
I cant find a draw or a article explaining the mechanism. Ricardo.Pazos.2009.4509 (talk) 10:33, 20 August 2021 (UTC)