- 0-6-6-0
In
Whyte notation , a 0-6-6-0 is arailroad steam locomotive that has two articulated sections, each with six coupleddriving wheel s, without anyleading wheel s ortrailing wheel s.Other equivalent classifications are:
UIC classification : CC (also known asGerman classification andItalian classification )French classification : 030+030Turkish classification : 33+33Swiss classification : 3/3+3/3The first
Mallet locomotive built in the United States,Baltimore and Ohio Railroad #2400 (Class O), was of this type.The only example of this type of engine in the UK was the "Leader". It was originally commissioned by the Southern Railway but it was completed by
British Railways in 1949. It was effectively aMeyer locomotive since both sets of drivers were articulated. In UIC classification this would be written C'C'.
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