2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" Locomotives in the USA

The AT&SF (Santa Fe) was the first to experiment with this wheel arrangement. They seemed to enjoy the creation of new locomotives by rebuilding smaller engines into bigger ones. They took two 2-8-0s (Consolidations) and rebuilt them into a 2-8-8-0 configuration. As a result, this wheel arrangement is sometimes called a "Consolidation Mallet". On the Great Northern these were sometimes called the "Bull Moose" type.

Railroads that used 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" Locomotives in the USA (data provided by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media)

Railroads that used 2-8-8-0 locomotives in other countries

Surviving Examples of 2-8-8-0 "Consolidation Mallet" Locomotives in the USA

No.	Class	F.M. Whyte	Gauge	Railroad Line	Location	Status	Builder Info	Notes
759	G-2	2-8-8-0	4'-8½"	KCS	Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL	display		Tender only. The engine itself was scrapped after retirement in February 1952. This tender survived by being converted to MOW service. It was later paired with a former GTW locomotive and used for switching at Northwest Steel & Wire.

Wes Barris