Large numbers of 0-6-0 switch engines were built in the United States and Canada.  In fact, the very last steam locomotives constructed for a US railroad were 0-6-0 switchers from the Norfolk & Western factory in 1953.  This engine type is characterized by smaller driving wheels and a small firebox since switch engines spent more time waiting than moving.  Switchers almost always had forward and rear sand boxes. 

Using the same components as the 0-4-0, the larger 0-6-0 has the largest drawbar pull of any of our 6-driver locomotives.  As with all our 1.5 inch scale engines, the 0-6-0 is offered in either 7.25 inch or 7.5 inch track gauge.  Many of the components can be used in free-lance locomotives such as 10 Wheelers and Prairie locomotives with the Walschaert valve gear and piston valves having direct application to many prototype locomotives.