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Robert Hermann Garbe (pronounced 'Garber') (9 January 1847 – 23 May 1932) was a German railway engineer and chief engineer of the Berlin division in the Prussian state railways from 1895 to 1917. He was especially known for his steam locomotive designs and is described as one of the greatest authorities on the locomotive. He was the first to suggest the use of superheated steam, universally. However, he saw superheated steam as competing with other innovations such as double expansion compound steam engines (he held a grudge against Hannover's August Borries that his pupil Richard Paul Wagner inherited) or combustion chambers.

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  • Robert Hermann Garbe (* 9. Januar 1847 in Oppeln; † 23. Mai 1932 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Maschinenbauingenieur und preußischer Baubeamter, der ab 1895 als Lokomotiv-Beschaffungs-Dezernent bei der königlich preußischen Eisenbahndirektion Berlin wirkte und vor allem durch bewährte Dampflokomotiv-Konstruktionen für die Preußischen Staatseisenbahnen hervortrat. (de)
  • Robert Hermann Garbe (* 9 janvier 1847 à Oppeln ; † 23 mai 1932 à Berlin) est surtout connu comme constructeur de locomotives pour les chemins de fer de l'État prussien (KPEV) à partir de 1895. (fr)
  • Robert Hermann Garbe (pronounced 'Garber') (9 January 1847 – 23 May 1932) was a German railway engineer and chief engineer of the Berlin division in the Prussian state railways from 1895 to 1917. He was especially known for his steam locomotive designs and is described as one of the greatest authorities on the locomotive. He was the first to suggest the use of superheated steam, universally. However, he saw superheated steam as competing with other innovations such as double expansion compound steam engines (he held a grudge against Hannover's August Borries that his pupil Richard Paul Wagner inherited) or combustion chambers. His designs were, on the one hand, simple to maintain and operate; on the other hand, he blocked innovations that every other pre-Reichsbahn state railway used successfully. He held the belief that two coupled axles were enough for any express engine (his masterpiece being the Prussian S 6 class) and trailing axles as in the "Pacific" configuration were unnecessary. The Prussian P 8 class had to be re-designed almost entirely from his design to become successful, and he envisaged it as an express engine. In that way, he is known as one of the key pioneers of locomotive design because of his achievements concerning the use of superheated steam; his image is tarnished, however, by a conservatism that was proven wrong time and again contemporarily (e.g. by the Bavarian S 3/6, and thereafter André Chapelon designed highly successful modern compound locomotives, proving the success of every single innovation Garbe rejected). (en)
  • Robert Garbe (Oppeln, 9 gennaio 1847 – Berlino, 23 maggio 1932) è stato un ingegnere meccanico tedesco, specialista in progettazione e costruzione di locomotive a vapore. (it)
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  • Robert Hermann Garbe (* 9. Januar 1847 in Oppeln; † 23. Mai 1932 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Maschinenbauingenieur und preußischer Baubeamter, der ab 1895 als Lokomotiv-Beschaffungs-Dezernent bei der königlich preußischen Eisenbahndirektion Berlin wirkte und vor allem durch bewährte Dampflokomotiv-Konstruktionen für die Preußischen Staatseisenbahnen hervortrat. (de)
  • Robert Hermann Garbe (* 9 janvier 1847 à Oppeln ; † 23 mai 1932 à Berlin) est surtout connu comme constructeur de locomotives pour les chemins de fer de l'État prussien (KPEV) à partir de 1895. (fr)
  • Robert Garbe (Oppeln, 9 gennaio 1847 – Berlino, 23 maggio 1932) è stato un ingegnere meccanico tedesco, specialista in progettazione e costruzione di locomotive a vapore. (it)
  • Robert Hermann Garbe (pronounced 'Garber') (9 January 1847 – 23 May 1932) was a German railway engineer and chief engineer of the Berlin division in the Prussian state railways from 1895 to 1917. He was especially known for his steam locomotive designs and is described as one of the greatest authorities on the locomotive. He was the first to suggest the use of superheated steam, universally. However, he saw superheated steam as competing with other innovations such as double expansion compound steam engines (he held a grudge against Hannover's August Borries that his pupil Richard Paul Wagner inherited) or combustion chambers. (en)
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  • Robert Garbe (Ingenieur) (de)
  • Robert Garbe (fr)
  • Robert Garbe (it)
  • Robert Garbe (en)
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