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Steam tank locomotives of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement in Whyte notation Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2-6-0T locomotives . Pages in category "2-6-0T locomotives"
In France, the duplex type was made famous by the ten 2-4-6-2 compound locomotives built in 1932 for the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) to haul heavy freight trains on the 0.8% grade of the Paris–Marseille railway between Les Laumes and Dijon. The performance was so good that the company wanted to order more ...
The type combined the basic design principles of the 4-6-2 type with an improved boiler and larger firebox that necessitated additional support at the rear of the locomotive. In general, the available tractive effort differed little from that of the 4-6-2, but the steam-raising ability was increased, giving more power at speed. The 4-6-4 was ...
A 0-6-2+2-6-0, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive with two separate engine units with no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels. [1] The only examples were forms of the Meyer [2] articulated locomotive.
O class 2-4-0T of 1878–79; L class 4-4-0 of 1882–1901; E class 4-4-0 of 1886; One 0-4-4 saddle-tank was built at Inverness in 1890 for service on the Strathpeffer branch. Originally numbered 13 and named 'Strathpeffer', it had 4 ft 3 in coupled wheels, 14 in by 20 in inside cylinders, a 3 ft 6.5 in diameter boiler, and a weight in working ...
Pages in category "2-4-0T locomotives" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Polar Bear (steam locomotive) R. Rheidol (locomotive) S.
These were four 2-2-2 singles and one 0-4-2 goods engine. Later, four more 2-2-2s were ordered but this time from Sharp Brothers. Fairbairn 2-2-2s were to be found on the Ballymena Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway but this company also favoured Sharp locomotives which were double framed 2-4-0s.
The 2-6-6-6 (in Whyte notation) is an articulated locomotive type with two leading wheels, two sets of six driving wheels and six trailing wheels. Only two classes of the 2-6-6-6 type were built. One was the "Allegheny" class , built by the Lima Locomotive Works .