Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-2 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three …

2024年8月26日 · In its Whyte notation the locomotive featured two leading wheels, six drivers in two sets, and two trailing wheels. This articulated arrangement, also known as the Mallet …

The 2-6-6-2 was primarily a low-speed locomotive. This wheel arrangement was also commonly used on the logging railroads in the Western USA. However, the C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) …

These Mallet Prairie Tanks could handle twice the train load on the 5% grade that ruled, wrangling 240 tons (218 tonnes) up such a slope. On the 1.1% grade between Watson and Dragon, 51 …

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-2 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three …

Created specifically to serve logging roads, the split-saddle tank Mallet handled the rough track and steep (4-8%) grades as well as a Shay, but was easier to maintain. And so flexible was …

Its most famous engines were a pair of 2-6-6-2T Mallet Moguls acquired from Baldwin in 1926 (#50) and 1928 (#51). This unique, articulated locomotives were capable of operating the …

2006年6月18日 · No. 120, an oil-burning 2-6-6-2 built in 1936, hauls a trainload of freshly cut lumber near Humptulips, Wash., on September 28, 1960. In the 1890s, the Gotthard Railway …

A steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement under the Whyte Notation is known as a Chesapeake type.

This is a 2-6-6-2T articulated Mallet that was built by The Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company of Vail, WA. Its next stop was The Rayonier Lumber …