Invention and Engineering

2-6-8-0

A 2-6-8-0 steam locomotive, in the Whyte notation for describing locomotive wheel arrangements, has two leading wheels, a set of six driving wheels, a set of eight driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. These locomotives usually employ the Mallet principle of articulation, with a swinging front engine and a rigidly attached rear engine.

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• ▸Diebold Nixdorf
• ▸Circle of confusion
• ▸CGR Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0

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