0-6-0 is the Whyte notation designation for steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. Historically, this was the most common wheel arrangement used on both tender and tank locomotives in versions with both inside and outside cylinders.
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0-6-0 (Six-coupled) |
Hackworth's Royal George of 1827 |
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First known tank engine version |
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First use | 1850s |
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First known tender engine version |
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First use | 1827 |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Locomotive | Hackworth's Royal George |
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Railway | Stockton and Darlington Railway |
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Designer | Timothy Hackworth |
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Builder | Timothy Hackworth |
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Benefits | Total engine mass as adhesive weight |
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Drawbacks | Instability at speed |
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In the United Kingdom, the Whyte notation of wheel arrangement was also often used for the classification of electric and diesel-electric locomotives with side-rod coupled driving wheels. Under the UIC classification, popular in Europe, this wheel arrangement is written as C if the wheels are coupled with rods or gears, or Co if they are independently driven, the latter usually being electric and diesel-electric locomotives.[1]