This locomotive was a 2-2-0 ( Whyte notation ) type, meaning it had one unpowered leading axle and one powered driving axle.
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On these locomotives, there were two tanks, both between the frames : one was above the leading axle, the other beneath the cab footplate.
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Thus boiler capacity could only be increased by making the boiler longer, not wider, bringing the smokebox and cylinders in front of the leading axle.
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Both used the same tender, which had the leading axle mounted in a rigid frame, while the other two axles were mounted in a bogie.
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On these early 2-6-0 locomotives, the leading axle was merely used to distribute the weight of the locomotive over a larger number of wheels.
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During their 35 years of service, they exhibited excellent performance and only minor problems were experienced, such as oval wearing of the leading axle's inside crank.
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:* " This group had modified suspension on the bogie and leading axle, in an attempt to address complaints of rough riding experienced with earlier members of the class ".
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Between 1934 and 1941 a total of 691 G 8.1s were fitted with a leading axle in order to allow a higher top speed and to reduce the average axle load.
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The first American 2-6-0 with a rigidly mounted leading axle was the " Pawnee ", built for heavy freight service on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road.
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In Whyte notation, a "'2-8-2 "'is a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and one unpowered trailing axle.
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