The system was invented by a young Austrian locomotive builder, Karl Gölsdorf, around the end of the 19th century.
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One of the first companies in Germany to introduce Gölsdorf axles was the privately run Westphalian State Railway (Westfälische Landeseisenbahn), whose heavy goods trains between Belecke and Erwitte needed powerful, but nevertheless agile, locomotives in order to cross the Haarstrang hills.
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