Ffestiniog Railway Rolling Stock - Glossary

Glossary

  • T = side tank locomotive
  • ST = saddle tank locomotive
  • STT = saddle tank locomotive with tender
  • VBT = tank locomotive with vertical boiler
  • B-Bd = diesel locomotive with two 4-wheel bogies
  • 4wd = 4 wheel diesel locomotive with roller chain drive
  • 0-6-0d = 6 wheel diesel locomotive with side rod drive

Describing chain-drive diesel locomotives as 4wd or 6wd, and side rod-drive diesel locomotives as 0-4-0 or 0-6-0, is a convention used by the Industrial Railway Society.

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