Re: Whyte classification

dougvv Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I was looking at the 0-6-4RT on the Barnhardt site
> again.
>
> I am familiar with the following suffix
> nomenclature:
>
> 0-6-0 with tender
> 0-6-0T with (saddle) tank - no tender
> 0-6-0ST with side tank - no tender
>
> What does the RT stand for - rear tank?
>
> Has there been a loco with both tanks on the loco
> and a tender?
>
> How about a Forney with a water "canteen"
> (Southern nomenclature for water car)?
>
> The SV/Uintah Malleys went from tank to tender. I
> do not think they exer had both.
>
> Thanks
>
> Doug


You've got them the wrong way round - 0-6-0T = side tank, 0-6-0ST = saddle tank, 0-6-0RT = rear tank, 0-6-0WT = well tank. If there is a tender added it would be 0-6-0T+T. A normal tender engine would be just 0-6-0.

Gavin

Linslade
Bedfordshire
UK

Garratt Locomotives
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