Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

The BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive, one of the British Railways Standard classes of the 1950s. They were physically the smallest of the Standard classes; 65 were built.

The SR U class are 2-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell for passenger duties on the Southern Railway (SR).

A 2-6-0 design was quickly chosen, with the leading pony truck intended to reduce wear on the leading driving wheels and to provide a steadier ride at higher speeds. The resulting GNR Class H2 (LNER Class K1) was also the first design to incorporate Gresley 's patented double swing link pony truck design.

Sep 26, 2004 · Developed as part of the range of twelve Standard engine designs that entered British Railway service in the 1950s. Directed by Chief Mechanical Engineer RA Riddles, development of this class drew on an earlier Great Western 2-6-2 design.

Railroads that used 2-6-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

LNER 2-6-0 Mogul Locomotives. The Mogul was a versatile type, superseding the 0-6-0 for freight or substituting for the 4-6-0 as a mixed traffic design. The GER introduced 2-6-0s for coal haulage as early as 1878 but had all been withdrawn by 1887, while later US-built freight locos bought by the GCR and GNR as stop-gaps were also short-lived.

Apr 7, 2017 · The 2-6-0 was "an entirely new type" for the LB&SC that was developed by Colonel LB Billinton just before World War I to handle fast freight service from the Continent, this design was built in several batches.

The U class design drew from experience with the GWR 4300 and N classes, improved by applying Midland Railway ideas to the design, enabling the SECR to influence development of the 2-6-0 in Britain. When Maunsell produced his first 2-6-0 tender engine number 810 (N class) in 1917, he also built a corresponding 2-6-4T engine number 790 (K class).

The 76000 class were the only standard tender engine class to be completely withdrawn from service by end of 1967 apart from the 2-8-0 Austerity locomotives built between 1943 and 1946. 76097 was only in service from September 1957 until July 1964.