0-10-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-10-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles and no trailing wheels. In the United Kingdom, this type is known as a Decapod, a name which is applied to 2-10-0 types in the United States. In the United States, the type is known as ten-coupled.

0-10-0 (Ten-coupled)
Builder's photo of a Prussian G 10 in 1916
Equivalent classifications
UIC classE
French class050
Turkish class55
Swiss class5/5
Russian class0-5-0
First known tank engine version
First use1868
CountryUnited States of America
LocomotiveReuben Wells
RailwayJeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
DesignerReuben Wells
DrawbacksInstability at speed
First known tender engine version
First use1899
CountryAustria
Locomotive180.00 class
RailwayImperial Royal Austrian State Railways
DesignerKarl Gölsdorf
DrawbacksInstability at speed
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