Jacobs bogie
![Jacobs bogie on a TER regional train in Alsace, France](/Images/godic/202501/21/Technicentre_TER_Alsace_Mulhouse_Nord_28_mai_2015-094549.jpg")
![Disassembled joint of a Stadler FLIRT with the bogie removed](/Images/godic/202501/21/Stadler_FLIRT_joint_for_jacobs_bogie_edit4550.png")
![Drawing of an Electroliner set](/Images/godic/202501/21/ElectrolinerCNSRRVSEng4550.jpg")
![A Jacobs bogie on a double-stack well car](/Images/godic/202501/21/DTTX_724681_20050529_IL_Rochelle4550.jpg")
Jacobs bogies (named after Wilhelm Jakobs, 1858–1942, a German railway engineer) are a type of rail vehicle bogie commonly found on articulated railcars and tramway vehicles.
Instead of being underneath a piece of rolling stock, Jacobs bogies are placed between two carbody sections. The weight of each car is spread on one half of the Jacobs bogie.