Thuile proposed a
6-4-8 or 6-4-6 locomotive with 3-metre-diameter (9 ft 10 in)
driving wheels, but this was not built.[1]
The design was taken up by Schneider, of Le Creusot, who built a
4-4-6 with 2.5-metre-diameter (8 ft 2 in) driving wheels, and a forward cab for the driver. The two-cylinder locomotive had
Walschaerts valve gear and a double-lobed boiler of nickel-steel. The locomotive was exhibited at the
International Exposition in
Paris in 1900, and the trials were undertaken on the
Chemin de Fer de l'Etat line between
Chartres and
Thouars. A speed of 117 kilometres per hour (73 mph) was attained hauling a load of 186 tonnes (183 long tons).[1]
The trials ended when Thuile was killed in June 1900 - apparently by leaning too far out of the locomotive and being in collision with a lineside pole[2] or a piece of scaffolding supporting an overbridge.[3] The locomotive was returned to Schneider. It was scrapped in 1904. The tender survived until at least 1946, when it was noted at Saint Pierre-des-Corps.[1]
Thuile proposed a
6-4-8 or 6-4-6 locomotive with 3-metre-diameter (9 ft 10 in)
driving wheels, but this was not built.[1]
The design was taken up by Schneider, of Le Creusot, who built a
4-4-6 with 2.5-metre-diameter (8 ft 2 in) driving wheels, and a forward cab for the driver. The two-cylinder locomotive had
Walschaerts valve gear and a double-lobed boiler of nickel-steel. The locomotive was exhibited at the
International Exposition in
Paris in 1900, and the trials were undertaken on the
Chemin de Fer de l'Etat line between
Chartres and
Thouars. A speed of 117 kilometres per hour (73 mph) was attained hauling a load of 186 tonnes (183 long tons).[1]
The trials ended when Thuile was killed in June 1900 - apparently by leaning too far out of the locomotive and being in collision with a lineside pole[2] or a piece of scaffolding supporting an overbridge.[3] The locomotive was returned to Schneider. It was scrapped in 1904. The tender survived until at least 1946, when it was noted at Saint Pierre-des-Corps.[1]