0-2-2

Stephenson's Rocket, the first 0-2-2 locomotive. This is the condition after rebuilding, with the cylinders lowered from their original position

An 0-2-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is one that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels. The configuration was briefly built by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.


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