2-8-0+0-8-2

Garratt locomotive wheel arrangement 2-8-0+0-8-2 WheelArrangement 2-8-8-2.svg Diagram of one small leading wheel, eight large driving wheels in two foursomes with each foursome joined by coupling rods, and one small trailing wheel 2395 LNER U1 Garratt official photo.jpg The sole LNER Class U1 Garratt 1D+D1, 1'D+D1' 140+041 45+45 4/5+4/5, 8/10 from 1920s 1-4-0+0-4-1 1924 Burma Class GA.I Burma Railways Beyer, Peacock & Company Beyer, Peacock & Company Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, the 2-8-0+0-8-2 is a Garratt locomotive. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 2-8-0 locomotives operating back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between the two power units. Each power unit has a single pair of leading wheels in a leading truck, followed by four coupled pairs of driving wheels and no trailing wheels. A similar wheel arrangement exists for Mallet type locomotives, but is referred to as 2-8-8-2 since only the front engine unit swivels. Overview This Garratt wheel arrangement was somewhat common, especially for locomotives intended for freight service. The first 2-8-0+0-8-2 locomotive was a single metre gauge locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1924 for the Burma Railways as their class GA.I. The second, and perhaps the better known, was the single Class U1 of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), built in 1925. The Woodhead Site - The Locomotives - LNER Beyer-Garratt www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/MotivePower/BeyerGarratt.htm 3 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927170651/http://www.thewoodheadsite.org.uk/MotivePower/BeyerGarratt.htm 2007-09-27 dead Marsden Richard The U1 Garratt ('The Wath Banker') The LNER Encyclopaedia http://www.lner.info/locos/U/u1.shtml 3 October 2008 +2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt production list – All manufacturersGaugeRailwayClassWorks no.UnitsYearBuilder1000 1000 mm 1 onBurma RailwaysGA.I618011924Beyer, Peacock & Company1000 1000 mm 1 onBurma RailwaysGA.II635411927Beyer, Peacock & Company1000 1000 mm 1 onBurma RailwaysGA.III6411-641331927Beyer, Peacock & Company1000 1000 mm 1 onWar Department, Bengal Assam RailwayLight7112-7121101943Beyer, Peacock & Company1000 1000 mm 1 onBurma RailwaysGA.IV1077-108481929Krupp1435 4ft8.5in 1 onLondon & North Eastern RailwayU1620911925Beyer, Peacock & Company1435 4ft8.5in 1 onOttoman Railways, Turkey632411927Beyer, Peacock & Company1435 4ft8.5in 1 onMauritius Railway6381-638331927Beyer, Peacock & Company1676 5 ft 6 in 1 onBengal Nagpur Railway, IndiaHSG6261-626221925Beyer, Peacock & Company Use Burma Apart from their first single class GA.I locomotive of 1924, the 1000mm on on Burma Railways acquired another locomotive from Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1927, classifying it GA.II. In that same year, another four of class GA.III were placed in service, also from Beyer, Peacock. In 1929, Krupp of Essen in Germany delivered eight more, designated Class GA.IV. India The 5ft6in on on Bengal Nagpur Railway in India used two of the class HSG, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1925. Ten 1000mm on on examples were purchased by the British War Department in 1943 and used on the Bengal Assam Railway in India as their Class MWGX. Mauritius thumb|Mauritius Railway no. 60 The Mauritius Railway owned three 4ft8.5in on on 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratts, also built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1927. Turkey The Ottoman Railways in Turkey acquired a single 4ft8.5in on on 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt from Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1927. United Kingdom thumb|Class U1 on the Lickey Incline, 1949 The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owned a single Class U1 Garratt, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1925. It was designed by Nigel Gresley for banking coal trains over the Worsborough Bank, a steeply graded line in South Yorkshire and part of the Woodhead line. The Class U1 was both the longest and the most powerful steam locomotive ever to run in the United Kingdom. References External links 1D+D1 locomotives 8,2-8-0