2-6-6-0

2-6-6-0
Diagram of one small leading wheel and two trios of large driving wheels, each trio joined by a coupling rod
Front of locomotive at left
Equivalent classifications
UIC class(1C)C, (1'C)C
French class130+030
Turkish class34+33
Swiss class3/4+3/3
Russian class1-3-0+0-3-0
First known tank engine version
First use1904
CountryDutch East Indies (Indonesia)
LocomotiveSS Class 520 (DKA CC10)
RailwayStaatsspoorwegen
DesignerSachsische Maschinenfabrik (Hartmann)
BuilderSachsische Maschinenfabrik
First known tender engine version
First use1909
CountryColony of Natal
LocomotiveNGR 2-6-6-0, SAR Class MA
RailwayNatal Government Railways
DesignerAmerican Locomotive Company
BuilderAmerican Locomotive Company

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels and no trailing wheels. The wheel arrangement was principally used on Mallet-type articulated locomotives. Some tank locomotive examples were also built, for which various suffixes to indicate the type of tank would be added to the wheel arrangement, for example 2-6-6-0T for an engine with side-tanks.