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Thus a 4-6-2-type Garratt is a 4-6-2+2-6-4. For Garratt locomotives, the plus sign is used even when there are no intermediate unpowered wheels, e.g. the LMS Garratt 2-6-0+0-6-2 . This is because the two engine units are more than just power bogies .
The name "Challenger" was given to steam locomotives with a 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement: four wheels in the leading pilot truck to guide the locomotive into curves, two sets of six driving wheels, and four trailing wheels to support the rear of the engine and its massive firebox. Each set of driving wheels is driven by two steam cylinders.
On 11 May 1936, the 05.002 set a world speed record of 124.5 miles per hour (200.4 kilometres per hour) that was bettered by the British 4-6-2 Mallard two years later, on 3 July 1938. [4] The 05.003 was converted to conventional boiler-forward running in 1944.
4-6-4-4 wheel arrangement The PRR Q1 6130 - the only locomotive with this wheel arrangement In Whyte notation , a 4-6-4-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has four leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels , a second set of four driving wheels and four trailing wheels .
The Q2 locomotive was 78% more powerful than the locomotives that PRR had in service at the time, and the company claimed the Q2 could pull 125 freight cars at a speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). [5] These were an improved version of the previous Q1 class , which was a 4-6-4-4 dual-purpose engine instead of a 4-4-6-4 freight engine.
4-6-4+4-6-4 Garratt production list [1] [2] [3] Gauge Railway Class Works no. Units Year Builder 3 ft 6 in: Sudan Railways: 250 6798–6801 4 1936 Beyer, Peacock & Company: 3 ft 6 in: Sudan Railways 250 6870–6875 6 1937 Beyer, Peacock & Company 3 ft 6 in: Rhodesia Railways: 15th 6936–6939 4 1940 Beyer, Peacock & Company 3 ft 6 in: Rhodesia ...
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Twenty-nine 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratts, constructed between 1936 and 1941 by Société Franco-Belge in Northern France, operated until the Algerian independence war caused their withdrawal in 1951. This class, designated 231-132BT, was streamlined and featured Cossart motion gear, mechanical stokers and 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) driving wheels, the largest ...