Giuseppe Zara (Fermo, 1856 –Sanremo, 1915) was anItalian inventor. He was a member of theSocietà Italiana per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali, and the director ofFerrovie dello Stato from 1905.^[1]

He graduated at the Technical Institute of Fermo in 1875, and started working as a repairing operator inRimini, he was later sent toFlorence where he worked as a designer.

In the emergency of having faster and cheaper trains, he invented a simplebissel truck system to replaceMogul 130 in steam locomotives( « Carrello Italiano ») which was used from 1907 to 1930 not only in Italian train companies, but also in others like theCompagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans inFrance.

• Giuseppe Zara, inCollegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani, a. 4, 7 (1915), n. 4, pp. 161–164
• Gianni Robert,Le ferrovie nel Mondo, Milano, Vallardi, 1964, p. 514
• Guido Corbellini,Il cinquantenario delle Ferrovie dello Stato, in1905-1955. Il Cinquantenario delle Ferrovie dello Stato, inCollegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani, 10 (1955), n. 5-6, pp. 333-528, ISSN 0020-0956. Ristampe in volume: Roma, Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani, 1955; Roma, Collegio Ingegneri Ferroviari Italiani-Ponte San Nicolò, Duegi, 2005,ISBN 88-900979-0-6
• Angelo Nascimbene, Aldo Riccardi, con la collaborazione di Federico Rigobello e Pierluigi Scoizzato,1905-2005. Cento anni di locomotive a vapore delle Ferrovie dello Stato, inTutto treno tema, (2005), n. 20, pp. 53-56, 59. ISSN 1124-4232.

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