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Queensland Double Boilered Cross Locomotive
The Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class locomotive was a locomotive class of 0-6-6-0 steam locomotives built for, but never operated by, the Queensland Railways. History In 1867, James Cross and Company of St Helens, England, delivered three 0-6-6-0 double boilered locomotives as knocked down kits to the Queensland Railways' North Ipswich Railway Workshops. One was assembled coming in six tons overweight. After operating two trials on the line to Toowoomba, where it spread the rails and ultimately derailed, Queensland Railways refused to accept them. After four years in storage, they were repatriated to England and converted to . Two were sold to the Central Argentine Railway for use at Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a wheel arrangement refers to a locomotive with two engine units mounted under a rigid locomotive frame, with the front engine unit pivoting and each engine unit with six coupled driving wheels without any leading or trailing wheels. The wheel arrangement was mostly used to describe Mallet locomotive types. A similar wheel arrangement exists for Double Fairlie, Meyer, Kitson-Meyer and Garratt articulated locomotives, but on these types it is referred to as since both engine units are pivoting.Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1943). ''The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter II - The Adoption of the 3 ft. 6 in. Gauge on the Cape Government Railways'' (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, August 1943. pp. 592-594. Overview The 0-6-6-0 wheel arrangement was used mostly on Mallet locomotives, on which the engine units were mounted either in tandem or faci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
