0-6-6-0 Leader
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− | [[Image:leader.jpg|left|240px]]In his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Leader_class "Leader" locomotive], Bulleid took the labour-saving and economy improvements found in his [[0-6-0 Austerity|Q1]] and [[4-6-2 Light Pacific|Pacific]] designs to the extreme. Encased in a diesel-locomotive-style shell, the Leader was powerful and sure-footed, but unreliable, overcomplicated and unpleasant to operate. Only one of the 36 ordered by the SR was | + | [[Image:leader.jpg|left|240px]]In his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Leader_class "Leader" locomotive], Bulleid took the labour-saving and economy improvements found in his [[0-6-0 Austerity|Q1]] and [[4-6-2 Light Pacific|Pacific]] designs to the extreme. Encased in a diesel-locomotive-style shell, the Leader was powerful and sure-footed, but unreliable, overcomplicated and unpleasant to operate. Only one of the 36 ordered by the SR was completed, and it was scrapped by BR in 1951, having never been used in revenue service. |
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Revision as of 02:10, 15 March 2012
The 0-6-6-0 Leader is a steam locomotive in the UK Railway Set Add-on Set.
Statistics and information
Type: | Heavy General Purpose Experimental Steam Locomotive |
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Introduction: | 1949 |
Withdrawal: | 1984 |
Speed: | 70mph |
Power: | 2000hp |
Weight: | 130t |
Tractive Effort: | 205kN |
Replaces: | Streak, Britannia |
Drawn by: | oberhümer |