0-6-6T

0-6-6
Diagram of three large driving wheels joined by a coupling rod, and three small trailing wheels
Front of locomotive at left
Mason Bogie Single Fairlie, 1874
Equivalent classifications
UIC classC3, C3'
French class033
Turkish class36
Swiss class3/6
Russian class0-3-3
First known tank engine version
First use1874
CountryUnited States
LocomotiveWm. Mason
RailwayNew Bedford Railroad
DesignerWilliam Mason
BuilderMason Machine Works
Evolved to2-6-6T

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-6 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and six trailing wheels on three axles. All locomotives with this wheel arrangement were tank locomotives; no 0-6-6 tender locomotives were recorded.


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