Thuile locomotive
The Thuile locomotive was a steam locomotive designed by Monsieur Thuile, of Alexandria, Egypt, and built in 1899. History. Thuile proposed a 6-4-8 or 6-4-6 locomotive with 3-metre-diameter () driving wheels, but this was not built. The design was taken up by Schneider, of Le Creusot, who built a 4-4-6 with 2.5-metre-diameter () 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 was attained hauling a load of . 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. 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.