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2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt production list – All manufacturers [1] [2] Gauge Railway Class Works no. Units Year Builder 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in: Wells & Walsingham Light Railway: 1 1986 Neil Simkins 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in: Wells & Walsingham Light Railway 1 2010 Wells & Walsingham Light Railway: 2 ft: South African Railways: NG G11 5975-5977 3 1919 Beyer, Peacock ...
Twenty 2-6-0 locomotives were built by Les Ateliers de Tubize locomotive works in Belgium for the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge CF du Congo Superieur aux Grands Lacs Africains (CFL) between 1913 and 1924. The first eight, numbered 27 to 34, were built in 1913, followed by six more in 1921, numbered 35 to 40.
The 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement was most often used for articulated compound steam Mallet locomotives. In a compound Mallet, the rear set of coupled wheels are driven by the smaller high pressure cylinders, from which spent steam is then fed to the larger low pressure cylinders that drive the front set of coupled wheels. [1] [2] [3]
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.
The 0-6-6-0 wheel arrangement was also used to a limited extent on logging railroads and in mountain terminals. The Western Maryland Railway had a small fleet of 2-6-6-2 locomotives which, at one time, were the heaviest locomotives in the world, weighing 264 short tons (236 long tons; 239 t). They were all converted to 0-6-6-0 locomotives for ...
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