0-8-0

First known tank engine version
First known tank engine version
First use	1866
Country	United Kingdom
Railway	Great Northern Railway
Designer	Archibald Sturrock
Builder	Great Northern Railway
Benefits	Total mass as adhesive weight
Drawbacks	Instability at speed

Equivalent classifications
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	D
French class	040
Turkish class	44
Swiss class	4/4
Russian class	0-4-0

0-8-0 (Eight-coupled)
	USRA 0-8-0
UIC class
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	D
French class	040
Turkish class	44
Swiss class	4/4
Russian class	0-4-0
First use
First known tank engine version
First use	1866
Country	United Kingdom
Railway	Great Northern Railway
Designer	Archibald Sturrock
Builder	Great Northern Railway
Benefits	Total mass as adhesive weight
Drawbacks	Instability at speed
First use
First known tender engine version
First use	1844
Country	United States of America
Locomotive	Mud Digger class
Railway	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Designer	Ross Winans
Builder	Ross Winans
Benefits	Total engine mass as adhesive weight
Drawbacks	Instability at speed

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels. Locomotives of this type are also referred to as eight coupled.

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