0-3-0

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0-3-0 is a type designation of locomotives according to the Whyte notation for three-wheeled steam locomotives of monorails .

history

Listowel and Ballybunion Railway , 1900

This very unusual designation was only used for special monorails.

Listowel and Ballybunion Railway

The locomotives of the Lartigue monorail of the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway had the type designation 0-3-0, although they had a largely unloaded guide wheel. These locomotives were built by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds in 1888 .

Patiala State Monorail Trainways

Patiala monorail locomotive in the Indian National Railway Museum

Four locomotives with the designation 0-3-0 were built in 1907 for the Patiala State Monorail Trainways , a monorail in Patiala ( India ). The vehicles had drive wheels with double flanges and a flanged wheel on a boom that ran on the ground. The manufacturer was Orenstein & Koppel in Berlin and a locomotive is preserved in the Indian National Railway Museum in New Delhi .

See also

In Russian notation, which counts axles instead of wheels, Russian 0-3-0 corresponds to 0-6-0 according to Whyte notation.

Web links

Commons : 0-3-0  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foster, Michael .: The Listowel & Ballybunion Railway . Oakwood Press, 1989, ISBN 0-85361-376-1 .
  2. ↑ RAIL TRAIL: Patiala State Mono Rail Tramways . Indian Express. Retrieved September 12, 2010.