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The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is (1C)C or (1'C)C. Pages in category "2-6-6-0 locomotives" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
NZR E class 2-6-6-0T Mallet. The sole NZR E class locomotive of 1906 was the only 2-6-6-0T locomotive ever built for and used by the New Zealand Railways Department. It was built at the Petone Workshops in Wellington and was designed for use on the world famous Rimutaka Incline. Numbered 66, making it E 66, it spent the first part of its ...
On these early 2-6-0 locomotives, the leading axle was merely used to distribute the weight of the locomotive over a larger number of wheels. It was therefore essentially an 0-8-0 with an unpowered leading axle and the leading wheels did not serve the same purpose as, for example, the leading trucks of the 4-4-0 American or 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler ...
Locomotives classified 2-6-0 under the Whyte notation of locomotive axle arrangements. The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is 1C or 1'C . Subcategories
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Steam tank locomotives of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement in Whyte notation ... Pages in category "2-6-0T locomotives"
Designed by George Hughes, chief mechanical engineer of the LMS, and built at the ex-L&YR works at Horwich and the ex-LNWR works at Crewe.The inspiration came from a Caledonian Railway 2-6-0 design at the grouping, however the cylinders were too large for the LMS's English section's loading gauge, resulting in Hughes having to adapt the concept. [3]
Among crews the 2MT 2-6-0 gained a reputation for being very sure-footed. Some maintained however that the engine did not steam well. The most common complaint was the draughty and dirty footplate. This was unusual, given Robert Riddles and his team made an effort to optimise working conditions in the Standards' cab layout.
The Great Northern Railway Class H2 and H3 (classified K1 and K2 by the LNER) was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work. The class was created as a locomotive which could haul heavier goods trains at speeds of up to 40 mph. The class were later developed into the more powerful H4 class.