Alco-built 2-6-6T suburban tank locomotive on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 1906.
(American Locomotive Company, 1906 Locomotive Dictionary, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
2-6-6 SUBURBAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
In the Whyte notation for describing steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6 is a locomotive with a two-wheeled leading truck, six driving wheels, and a six-wheeled trailing truck. All the locomotives produced of this arrangement have been tank locomotives, and the vast majority in the United States. It was a popular arrangement for the larger Mason Fairlie locomotives, as well as some of the largest suburban tank locomotives.
The locomotive was mostly used in the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad. It also saw usage in New York and Chicago.
A diagram of the 2-6-6 Wheel Arrangement. Front of locomotive on left.
(Gwernol, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Equivalent classifications
Other equivalent classifications are:
- UIC classification: 1C3 (also known as German classification and Italian classification)
- French classification: 133
- Turkish classification: 37
- Swiss classification: 3/7