0-3-0

Monorail locomotive wheel arrangement the wheel arrangement that's known as that in Russian class 0-6-0 0-3-0 is a type of wheel arrangement for a monorail steam locomotive. History thumb|right|Listowel and Ballybunion Railway 1900 This most unusual wheel arrangement was only used for specialised monorails. Listowel and Ballybunion Railway The Lartigue Monorail locomotives used on the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway were of 0-3-0 wheel arrangement, although they also required non–load-bearing guide wheels. These locomotives were built by the Hunslet Engine Company, Leeds in 1888.Newham A.T. Foster Michael The Listowel & Ballybunion Railway 1989 1967 Oakwood Press Headington 0-85361-376-1 Locomotion Papers LP33 46, 65 Patiala State Monorail Trainways thumb|Patiala monorail locomotive, at the Indian National Railway Museum Four locomotives were built with this wheel arrangement in 1907 for the Patiala State Monorail Trainways, a monorail line in Patiala, India. They had double flanged driving wheels and the locomotives had an outrigger wheel that ran on the ground. The builder was Orenstein & Koppel of Berlin. One locomotive is preserved in working order at the National Rail Museum, New Delhi, New Delhi.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rail-trail-patiala-state-mono-rail-tramways/362660/ RAIL TRAIL: Patiala State Mono Rail Tramways 18 September 2008 Indian Express 12 September 2010 Also, in the Russian notation that counts axles instead of wheels, 0-3-0 is identical to Whyte's 0-6-0. References Category:Monorails 3,0-3-0