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Not only were there 0-6-0s and 0-8-0s, but there were also 0-4-0s, 0-10-0s, and 0-10-2s. The Pensy had 0-4-0s with tenders.  The B&O had four 0-4-0ts for the Baltimore docks that have been produced in HO by Varney, Rivarossi, IHC, Life-Life, and Bowser. The C&O had a calss of 0-10-0s, but generally found that their increased tractive effort was offset by they inability to navigate yards trackage well. There's an 0-10-2 in Greenville, PA from one of the iron railways. The greater the wheel base, the more limited it is in what curves it can negotiate. The greater the axle loading, the better the track needs to be. Generally railroads like specific types of power.  Newer and larger didn't necessarily mean that it survived longer, but it commonly helped.  The NKP retired it's 1949 S-3 berkshires before it's 1944 S-2s.  The reason was that the S-2s had been more recently gone through Class I overhauls...typically the engines that were in service at the end were the ones that were saved...hence 5 of 6 surving NKP Berks were S-2s...755, 757, 759, 763, 765. The surving locomotives give a good idea of what was in service at the end.
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