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In 1842, the first narrow-gauge steam locomotive outside the UK was built for the 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 16 in)-gauge Antwerp-Ghent Railway in Belgium. [5] The first use of steam locomotives on a public, passenger-carrying narrow-gauge railway was in 1865, when the Ffestiniog Railway introduced passenger service after receiving its first ...
3.2 Narrow gauge locomotives. 3.3 Diesel multiple unit coaches. 4 Coaching stock. ... Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Grand Junction Railway:
Narrow gauge locomotives of the United Kingdom (1 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Narrow gauge locomotives" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Notably, Switzerland had its own separate notation system until 1989, with the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification now only retained for its narrow gauge railways. AAR wheel arrangement - Used largely throughout the US and Canada for diesel and electric locomotives. UIC classification - Used in mainland Europe for all locomotive types ...
The EMD G18 is an export locomotive introduced by GM-EMD in the late 1960s. The standard EMD suffixes applied after the G18 designation to indicate if the customer purchased locomotives with specific traction motors to fit narrow gauge (U) or broad gauge (W) rails. An L indicates a locomotive built with a lightweight frame, and 6 indicates A1A ...
The Baldwin Class 10-12-D was a class of narrow gauge 4-6-0 PT steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (USA) for the British War Department Light Railways for service in France during World War I. They were built in 1916–1917 to 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge.
The South African Railways Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 is a narrow gauge steam locomotive class. Between 1937 and 1968, the South African Railways placed 34 Class NG G16 Garratt articulated 2-6-2+2-6-2 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines. [1] [2]
[5] [7]: 18 Early American locomotives had bar frames, made from steel bar; in the 20th century they usually had cast steel frames or, in the final decades of steam locomotive design, a cast steel locomotive bed – a one-piece steel casting for the entire locomotive frame, cylinders, valve chests, steam pipes, and smokebox saddle, all as a ...