Crampton locomotive

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For other uses of the name "Crampton", see Crampton.

A Crampton locomotive is a type of steam locomotive designed by Thomas Russell Crampton and built by various firms from 1846. Notable features were a low-pitched boiler, large driving wheels and a single driving axle placed behind the firebox. Its wheel arrangement was usually 4-2-0 or 6-2-0.

Crampton locomotives were used by some British railways and speeds of up to 120km/hr were achieved on the LNWR. They were more popular in France, southern Germany and America. In France the expression "prendre la Crampton" meant to catch an express. One of the French examples has been preserved in the Cité du Train (the French Railway Museum) at Mulhouse. This is number 80 of the Chemin de Fer de l'Est, the Paris-Strasbourg line, which is named "Le Continent".

See 6-2-0 for Crampton locomotives in the USA

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• The Cité du Train museum