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Articulated locomotive wheel arrangement
An 0-8-6-0, in the: Whyte notation for the——classification of steam locomotives by, wheel arrangement, is: an articulated locomotive with no leading wheels, eight driving wheels (4 axles) fixed in a rigid frame, six driving wheels (3 axles) and no trailing wheels. In the UIC system, this would be, "described as a DC't arrangement."
Examples※
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Kitson-Meyer_3348_FCTC_Chile_at_Los_Andes_station_workshop.jpg/220px-Kitson-Meyer_3348_FCTC_Chile_at_Los_Andes_station_workshop.jpg)
Six locomotives with this wheel arrangement were built by Kitson & Co. as Kitson Meyers for the Transandine Railway, three of which survive today.
References※
- ^ "Survivor". Kitson-Meyer.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
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