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0-4-0 locomotives were built as tank locomotives as well as tender locomotives. The former were more common in Europe and the latter in the United States, except in the tightest of situations such as that of a shop switcher locomotive, where overall length was a concern. The earliest 0-4-0 locomotives were tender engines and appeared as early ...
H.K. Porter, Inc. 0-6-0 ST H.K. Porter locomotive from 1930 at the WK&S. H.K. Porter, Inc. (Porter) manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the US, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them. The last locomotive was built in 1950, but the company continues ...
H.K. Porter: 0-4-0 ST: Sold to the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company's Schoettgen Pass railroad: Star: H.K. Porter: 0-4-0 ST: ex-Ferries and Cliff House Railroad, San Francisco: 1 Heisler: Two Truck 1899 1028 Sold to the Swayne Lumber Company; scrapped 1940 2 Heisler Two Truck 1899 1040 Placed in West Side Memorial Park, Tuolumne, Ca. in ...
The locomotives were set up to run cab (or bunker) first, effectively as a 4-4-0 (or 6-4-0), though the type achieved popularity for its ability to operate well in either direction. The 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, with its three-point suspension, was noted for its good tracking ability, while the flangeless middle wheels allowed the locomotive to ...
The C-16 class switchers were the last 0-4-0 steam locomotives built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. They were assigned to the Baltimore, Maryland "Pratt Street Line" along the Inner Harbor, and to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania waterfront trackage. Initially constructed as saddle tank engines, nos. 96 and 99 were given tenders in later ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad 's class A5s was the most powerful class of 0-4-0 steam locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad built 47 in its Juniata Shops between 1916–1924. They were all retired by 1957. One is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania .
Aveling & Porter engine called Amy, recorded at Fawley Hill, 19 May 2013. Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, and developed a steam engine three years later in 1865. By the early 1900s, the company had become ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 0-4-0 locomotives. Locomotives classified 0-4-0 under the Whyte notation of locomotive axle arrangements. The equivalent AAR wheel arrangement is B or B-2. The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is B or B2.