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Locomotive wheel arrangement 0-4-4T article South Africa July 2024 0-4-0+4 WheelArrangement 0-4-4.svg Diagram of two large driving wheels joined by a coupling rod, and two small trailing wheels Front of locomotive at left CGR Railmotor 1906.jpg Cape Government Railways Railmotor B2' 020+2 2/4 24 0-2-0+2 c. 1848 United Kingdom William Bridges Adams William Bridges Adams Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0+4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and four trailing wheels on two axles mounted in a bogie. 3 Overview The 0-4-0+4 wheel arrangement was usually found on railmotors, vehicles for passenger carrying that operated on routes where passenger numbers were light. It usually consisted of a single coach with its own prime mover. William Bridges Adams in the United Kingdom began building railmotors in small numbers as early as 1848. Usage Cape of Good Hope A single Railmotor was delivered to the Cape Government Railways (CGR) in 1906. The railmotor was a self-contained motor-coach in which the locomotive and coach were embodied in a single vehicle, with a driver's station at the rear end of the coach for reverse running. The locomotive part was a 0-4-0 side-tank engine which was built by North British Locomotive Company, while the coach part on a single bogie was built by Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon.South African Railways Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review https://archive.org/details/locomotiverailwa1219unse/page/120/mode/1up 1906-07-14 Locomotive Publishing Company 120Dampftriebwagen, Bauarten, Typen und Systeme Ostendorf Rolf 1977 Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart German 134–135 3-87943-517-0 Transvaal Colony In 1907, the Central South African Railways (CSAR) acquired a single self-contained railmotor for the low-volume railmotor passenger service which had been introduced the previous year. It was a self-contained motor-coach with a 56-seat capacity in which the engine, boiler and coach were embodied in a single vehicle. While the engine part of the vehicle was built by Kitson & Co, the 46 ft 11 in mm 0 off long coach part was constructed by Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage & Wagon. To negotiate curves and points, the power unit could pivot like a bogie. The railmotor was erected at the Salt River shops of the CGR in Cape Town and entered service on the CSAR on 10 August 1907.Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1945). The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VI - Imperial Military Railways and C.S.A.R. (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, March 1945. pp. 184-185.CSAR General Manager's Reports, Extracts from the CSAR General Manager's Reports for 1906, 1907, 1908 & 1909.24 References 30em Category:Whyte notation