Euopean Versions
Large numbers of Mallet designs for narrow gauge railways were built, but in 1889 the first six standard gauge examples were built by J A Maffei for the Swiss Central railways, and an 87 tonne 0-6-6-0T banker (US: pusher) for the Gotthard Bahn, the last being the most powerful and heaviest locomotive in the world at the time. By 1892 110 Mallets were at work, of which 24 were standard gauge; by 1900 there were nearly 400, of which 218 were on standard gauge or Russian (5 ft) gauge.
The biggest and heaviest examples built for European railways were the 0-8-8-0Ts built by Maffei for Bavarian State Railways between 1913 and 1923. However no Mallet ever ran on a British railway.
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