0-10-2

An 0-10-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a locomotive with no leading wheels at all, ten driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck.

Other equivalent classifications are:

UIC classification: E1 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)

French classification: 051

Turkish classification: 56

Swiss classification: 5/6

United States

In the US, this type is known as the Union after the first and only US railroad to purchase locomotives of this arrangement, the ten Union Railroad 0-10-2 locomotives built for the Union Railroad in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. They were used as heavy duty transfer locomotives rather than switchers.

The Chicago & North Western Railway converted two 2-10-2 locomotives formerly owned by subsidiary Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha into 0-10-2 locomotives in 1944. [cite web
title = Chicago & North Western Class J-1 0-10-2s
url = http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr558.htm
work = Don's Rail Photos
publisher = Trinity Technology Co.
first = Don
last = Ross
accessdate = 2008-09-11] They were classified J-1 both before and after conversion. One was scrapped in 1950 and the other in 1953.

Europe

In Germany, a number of narrow gauge tank locomotives were built with an 0-10-2 configuration. All used some form of articulated drive that allowed the outer driving axles to move sideways or radially to negotiate curves. An example was a group of locomotives built for the narrow gauge lines of Bosnia that utilised the Klose System for an articulated drive.

External links

* [http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/klose/klosetothe.htm Klose system locomotives, including an 0-10-2] .
* [http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=106 Trains.com article mentioning the Union Railroad 0-10-2s] .
* [http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1016 Info sheet on the surviving Union Railroad 0-10-2] .

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