0-6-4

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In Whyte notation, a 0-6-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has six coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.

Other equivalent classifications are:
UIC classification: C2 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)
French classification: 032
Turkish classification: 35
Swiss classification: 3/5

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[edit] United States

Largely in the United States the 0-6-4 locomotive was built only for usage in railyards as essentially an 0-6-0 switch engine with an extended firebox or a reconstruction of a 4-6-0 with a larger firebox, and thereby a necessity for the movement of the leading wheels.

[edit] United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom 0-6-4 tank locomotives were used for passenger and freight haulage and could be regarded as the ancestors of the popular 2-6-4 tank locomotive.

[edit] UK examples

[edit] New Zealand

The New Zealand Railways Department operated two classes of 0-6-4T single Fairlies. These were the R class and S class, built by the Avonside Engine Company of England between 1878 and 1881. They were popular with crews and capable of all duties, from express passenger trains to shunting tasks. The S class were limited to the Wellington Region when they were introduced, but the R class were distributed throughout the country. All were withdrawn by 1936, but R 28 is preserved as a static exhibit in a Reefton park.[1]

[edit] Australia

Three members of New Zealand's S class were sold to the Western Australian Government Railways in 1891.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b T. A. McGavin, Steam Locomotives of New Zealand, Part One: 1863 to 1900 (Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, 1987), 34-6.
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Steam locomotive types
Single engine types
0-2-2 • 2-2-0 • 2-2-2 • 2-2-4 • 4-2-0 • 4-2-2 • 4-2-4 • 6-2-0
0-3-0
0-4-0 • 0-4-2 • 0-4-4 • 2-4-0 • 2-4-2 • 2-4-4 • 4-4-0 • 4-4-2 • 4-4-4 • 4-4-6
0-6-0 • 0-6-2 • 0-6-4 • 2-6-0 • 2-6-2 • 2-6-4 • 2-6-6 • 4-6-0 • 4-6-2 • 4-6-4
0-8-0 • 0-8-2 • 0-8-4 • 2-8-0 • 2-8-2 • 2-8-4 • 2-8-6 • 4-8-0 • 4-8-2 • 4-8-4 • 4-8-6 • 6-8-6
0-10-0 • 0-10-2 • 2-10-0 • 2-10-2 • 2-10-4 • 4-10-0 • 4-10-2
0-12-0 • 2-12-0 • 2-12-2 • 2-12-4 • 4-12-2 • 4-14-4
Duplex engine types
Garratt (articulated) types
Mallet (articulated) types
(includes Triplex)
0-4-4-0 • 0-4-4-2 • 2-4-4-2
0-6-6-0 • 2-6-6-0 • 2-6-6-2 • 2-6-6-4 • 2-6-6-6 • 2-6-8-0 • 4-6-6-2 • 4-6-6-4
0-8-8-0 • 2-8-8-0 • 2-8-8-2 • 2-8-8-4 • 4-8-8-2 • 4-8-8-4
2-10-10-2 • 2-8-8-8-2 • 2-8-8-8-4
Engerth (articulated) types
0-4-4 • 0-4-6
2-6-2 • 0-6-4 • 0-6-4-0
0-8-4 • 0-8-6