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2-8-4
Locomotive wheel arrangement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s. In Europe, this wheel arrangement was mostly seen in mainline passenger express locomotives and, in certain countries, in tank locomotives.
![]() | It has been suggested that Berkshire locomotive be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2024. |
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![]() Nickel Plate Road 765, a typical American 2-8-4, on an excursion train ca. 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
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