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2-6-8-0
A 2-6-8-0 steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, has two leading wheels, a set of six driving wheels, a set of eight driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. These locomotives usually employ the Mallet principle of articulation, with a swinging front engine and a rigidly attached rear engine. Equivalent classifications Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: 1CD (also known as German classification and Italian classification) French classification: 130+040 Turkish classification: 34+44 Swiss classification: 3/4+4/4 The UIC classification is refined to (1'C)D for Mallet locomotives. Examples This type of articulated locomotive is unusual in having different numbers of driving axles in each set, and was only found in the United States of America and Germany. The Great Northern Railway and the Alabama Great Southern, a predecessor of the Southern Railway, both in the United States, were the sole long-term users o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GN M-1
The Great Northern Railway M-1 was a class of 35 American 2-6-8-0 locomotives introduced in 1910. A total of 35 of these Mallet locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in two batches; the first 10 in December 1909, followed by a further 25 in June to August 1910. They were early articulateds and worked their entire life on the Great Northern Railway (U.S.), Great Northern Railway (GN). These engines were unusual because of having two uneven sets of driving wheels; the front set having six driving wheels, and the rear set having eight driving wheels. All M-1's were converted to be simple-expansion cylinders from 1926 to 1927 and reclassified M-2. Twenty-two of the M-2's were dismantled between 1929 and 1931, with parts being recycled into new class O-7 2-8-2, Mikados numbered 3376-3396 in 1930 . Three O7 Mikado's were rebuilt to O8 Mikados numbered 3397-3399 in 1932 . The 13 M-2's not rebuilt lasted until the dieselisation era, and were sold for scrap between 1949 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |