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A Württemberg K locomotive, an example of this wheel arrangement. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-12-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle (usually in a leading truck), twelve powered and coupled driving wheels on six axles, and no trailing wheels.
This list provides an overview of the locomotives and railcars of the Portuguese railways, that is, the traction stock of earlier private railways, the state-owned Comboios de Portugal (CP) and its predecessor, the municipal Metropolitano Ligeiro de Mirandela and the two private transport companies Fertagus and Takargo Rail.
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances.
Most powerful steam locomotive ever static tested. PRR S1: Pennsylvania Railroad: 6100 Altoona Works: 1939 Steam 6-4-4-6: 487 tonnes (537 short tons) 340 kilonewtons (76,403 lbf) 5,369 kilowatts (7,200 hp) Fast passenger steam locomotive; the magazine Popular Mechanics cites 1941 a speed of 133.4 mph (214.7 km/h) PRR S2: Pennsylvania Railroad: 6200
Although there is a major difference between the two batches—the first 12 engines are type 1′F2′ h2Gt — tank-engine for freight service, two-cylinder system with simple steam expansion (Zwilling) with superheating, while the remaining 8 are 1′F2′ h3Gt — 3-cylinder (Drilling)—all were put into the same class 46 and numbered 46.01 ...
Steam locomotive classes are arranged in accordance with the DRG classification system; electric and diesel locomotives, railbuses and works vehicles are listed in accordance with the DB classification scheme. Classes that were fully retired before 1968 are listed under the classification allocated to them by the DB up to 1967.
An Indonesian F10 locomotive. Hanomag and Werkspoor built a cumulative total of 28 JSS 800, came in 1912-1920. The JSS 800s (2-12-2Ts or 1F1 in UIC notation) also known as Javanic had been used by the Staatsspoorwegen in freight service in Java and Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. They were assigned the railroad numbers 801-823 and ...
By 1840 the 2-2-0 tender type had largely been superseded by the 2-2-2 configuration. However, there are a few examples of later tank engines , thus William Bridges Adams of the Fairfield Locomotive Works ( 51°31′52″N 0°01′19″W / 51.5312°N 0.0219°W / 51.5312; -0.0219 ) in Bow supplied a 2-2-0 well tank to the Roman ...