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Adolf Klose (21 May 1844 – 2 September 1923) was the chief engineer of theRoyal Württemberg State Railways in southernGermany from June 1885 to 1896.[citation needed]
Klose was born inBernstadt auf dem Eigen, inSaxony. Before his taking up his post in Stuttgart he had been the technical inspector of theUnited Swiss Railways (Vereinigten Schweizerbahnen). After a period of depending onPrussian prototypes between 1865 and 1885, a new engineering direction followed under Klose's time in office. It was stamped by numerous home-grown ideas and discoveries. In particular he promoted the introduction ofcompound working forsteam locomotives inWürttemberg.[citation needed]
The patented Klose steering (Klose-Lenkwerk) carries his name. This was a multipartite and complex device for steam locomotives, which controlled the radial setting ofleading andtrailingwheelsets in order to improve curve running.[1] Unfortunately, its costly maintenance and tendency to develop faults meant that his invention had no lasting success, something which was true of many other of his devices.
In 1906, Rudolf Diesel, Adolf Klose and the steam and diesel engine manufacturer Gebrüder Sulzer foundedGesellschaft für Thermolokomotiven, Diesel-Klose-Sulzer GmbH for the manufacture of diesel-powered locomotives. The company produced one diesel-mechanical locomotive for the Prussian State Railways in 1912.[citation needed]
Adolf Klose died on 2 September 1923 inMunich,Bavaria.
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