Karl Gölsdorf [SEP] place of death
Eisenbahntechnik der Gegenwart" ("Railway Technology Today"). His collection of photographs earned special fame in connexion with this; it is owned today by the Deutsches Museum.
Death.
Karl Gölsdorf died unexpectedly on 18 March 1916 at Wolfsbergkogel whilst staying in Semmering, Austria, of an acute throat infection and not, as incorrectly reported in media at the time, from the consequences of an accident with a locomotive.
Citations.
The saying that "you can't save a ton of weight on a locomotive
Gölsdorf
Gölsdorf may refer to:
- Louis Adolf Gölsdorf (1837–1911), Austrian engineer and locomotive designer, father of Karl
- Karl Gölsdorf (1861–1916), Austrian engineer and locomotive designer, son of Louis Adolf
- Gölsdorf axle, system used on railway locomotives invented by Karl Gölsdorf