A similar wheel arrangement has been used for Garratt locomotives, but it is referred to as 2-4-0+0-4-2 since both engine units can pivot.
US examples
This articulated wheel arrangement was rare in North America; example was the Mallet locomotive. Most were built as logging locomotives, presumably to better negotiate the uneven (and often temporary) trackwork that characterized such operations. The added mechanical complexity was found to be of limited value, as reflected in their modest production and use.[1]
Columbia River Belt Line No. 7 "Skookum" during restoration outside the Garibaldi shops, January 2018.
One 2-4-4-2 steam locomotive was acquired from ALCO by the Taupo Totara Timber company (TTTCo) for use on the Putāruru–Mōkai logging tramway. Built in 1912, it arrived in New Zealand in 1914, and was numbered 7. It served the TTTCo until some time in the 1950s. It is currently owned by the Glenbrook vintage railway, and it is in storage awaiting restoration.
TTTCo Number 7
Built by ALCO (shop # 53970),[6] this locomotive is a Mallet Compound type, built for the Taupo Totara Timber Company for use on their 51 miles (82km)TTT Railway between Putāruru and Mokai in the North Island.[7][8] It hauled timber trains over the TTT Railway northern section, while Heisler types worked the mountainous southern section. However, Number 7 was regularly serviced at the company's Mokai engineering workshop. To reach Mokai, this locomotive successfully negotiated the southern section with curves as tight as 99 feet (30m) radius.
ALCO #53970 is now preserved on the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, near Auckland, New Zealand, and is designated GVR Number 4. The locomotive is currently out of service awaiting overhaul, but can still be seen at the railway's Pukeoware workshops.
References
↑LaMassena, Robert (1982). Articulated Steam Locomotives of N. America. Sundance. p.7. ISBN0-913582-09-3.